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)
Between November 26 and 30 (Dead Week), all OIT faculty covered by the bargaining unit (0.5 FTE or greater and not currently a department chair) will receive a ballot to elect Executive Committee officers and approve the Bylaws. As noted in the draft Bylaws (Web Version | Word Version), if approved, these officers will serve until the next election in… (Read More)
Are you interested in working on the Oregon Tech AAUP Executive Committee? Do you know someone who might be interested or well-suited to the job? Your faculty union, Oregon Tech AAUP, is in the process of making the transition from an informal coordinating committee to a formal structure governed by bylaws and administered by an elected Executive Council. We will… (Read More)
This press release was issued on June 5th, 2018 Faculty of Oregon Institute of Technology Move to Unionize The faculty of the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) today moved to form a faculty union by filing a petition with the Oregon Employment Relations Board. Under Oregon’s public sector labor law, a union can petition for certification when a majority of… (Read More)
