Notes contributed by Communications Committee member Dr. Ben Bunting, Humanities and Social Sciences For this session, the OT-AAUP team proposed two articles: Personnel Files and Workload and Overload Compensation. The Oregon Tech team proposed one article: Sabbaticals. Sabbaticals The session began with discussion of the Sabbaticals proposal. There was discussion as to why the article, as proposed, excluded NTT faculty… (Read More)
As you may already know, our negotiating team has experienced a number of frustrations due to the obstructionist nature of the administration’s response to their attempts at negotiation. In particular, the team is concerned about the administration’s refusal to bargain articles on Intellectual Property, Appointments (Academic Rank), Promotion For Non-Tenure-Track Faculty, and Position Descriptions. The OT-AAUP team has prepared a… (Read More)
Notes contributed by Communications Committee member Dr. Ben Bunting, Humanities and Social Sciences For this session, the OT-AAUP team proposed two articles: No Strike/No Lockout and Promotion and Tenure for NTTF. The team also introduced a letter expressing their concern over the Oregon Tech team’s recent refusal to bargain particular articles. The Oregon Tech team proposed three articles: Notices of… (Read More)
Notes contributed by Communications Committee member Dr. Ben Bunting, Humanities and Social Sciences For this session, the OT-AAUP team proposed five articles: Recognition, Working Conditions, Benefits, Fringe Benefits, and Leaves. The Oregon Tech team proposed four articles: No Strike/No Lockout, Management Rights, Disciplinary Procedures, and Association Rights. OT-AAUP presented the Recognition article first. The Oregon Tech team commented that the… (Read More)
Hi all, this is Ben, from the OT-AAUP Communications Committee. Our group fell a bit behind on keeping the site updated early on in the COVID-19 outbreak, but rest assured that our negotiation team and OT-AAUP group did not stop working toward our first CBA in that time. I’ve recently updated the site with bargaining session summaries from the sessions… (Read More)
Notes contributed by Communications Committee member Dr. Ben Bunting, Humanities and Social Sciences For this session, OT-AAUP proposed four articles: Notices of Appointment, Management Rights, Progressive Discipline, and Association Dues. The Oregon Tech team proposed three articles: Notices and Communication, Recognition, and Academic Freedom. Notices and Communication was discussed first. The Oregon Tech team summarized some minor changes, and the… (Read More)
Notes contributed by Communications Committee member Dr. Ben Bunting, Humanities and Social Sciences The OT-AAUP team proposed three article during this session: Donated Leave Bank, Labor Management Committee, and No Strike / No Lockout. The Oregon Tech team proposed one article: Notices and Communication. The session began with discussion of the Notices and Communication article. The Oregon Tech team changed… (Read More)
Notes contributed by Communications Committee member Dr. Ben Bunting, Humanities and Social Sciences The OT-AAUP team proposed four articles during this session: Non-Discrimination, Recognition, Appointments, and Notices. The Oregon Tech team proposed four articles as well: Non-Discrimination, Labor Management Committee, Personnel File, and Management Rights. Both teams presented their changes to the Non-Discrimination policy (each linked separately above), then agreed… (Read More)
Notes contributed by Communications Committee member Dr. Ben Bunting, Humanities and Social Sciences OT-AAUP proposed three articles during this session: Labor Management / Impact Bargaining, Personnel File, and Intellectual Property. The Oregon Tech team proposed six articles during this session: Recognition, Discipline, Grievances, Outside Activities, Non-Discrimination, and a Tentative Agreement (TA) on Severability. The OT-AAUP team began the session by… (Read More)
Notes contributed by Communications Committee member Dr. Ben Bunting, Humanities and Social Sciences Note: The original notes from which this summary was written include a disclaimer that reads “the audio connection was very bad, and it was difficult to make out many details (including who was speaking).” OT-AAUP proposed two articles during this session: Severability and Non-Tenure Track Promotion. The… (Read More)
