Good morning colleagues! As we get ready for the start of the next academic year, your faculty union has a short newsletter for you! As announced in the previous newsletter, the Faculty Union Negotiation Team issued a Demand to Bargain over the summer. The date for initial negotiations regarding ground rules has been set for September 26, during the interim… (Read More)
The negotiation team issued their official Demand to Bargain, preferencing dates in August to set the initial ground rules for negotiation (a necessary “syllabus day” for how both sides of the negotiating table should expect the process to proceed). We have not settled on a particular date to begin yet, but the administration’s response suggests that negotiations will begin just before the start of Fall term…
Hello Fellow Oregon Tech Faculty! Oregon Tech AAUP is committed to having quarterly meetings to keep you up-to-date on the work we are doing. You are all invited to our Oregon Tech AAUP Spring Quarter 2019 Quarterly Meeting. We are meeting on Tuesday, April 16th, 2-3 p.m. in Owens 224. All faculty are encouraged to attend. If you are not… (Read More)
Sent via email to all OIT faculty on February 13, 2019: Dear Faculty Colleagues; I want to take this opportunity to update you on the activities of your faculty union, Oregon Tech AAUP. Following the approval of our bylaws and the election of officers at the end of the Fall term, your Executive Committee has been working to establish our union’s… (Read More)
The election and voting results from the end of Fall term 2018 are in! You can find the official results posted on ElectionBuddy here, and they are reproduced below. 61 faculty members voted in this process. We continue to encourage faculty involvement in union activity. In the coming months, we will ask for input in the negotiation process, and as… (Read More)
