They want to apply the Chatham House Rule, which would prevent a PI from telling their grant officer, say, “but I just followed the advice I got from my university’s general counsel.”
Sort of reminds me of this classic.
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Now he’s offering 12.75%, and a $2000 goat. It turns out he was kidding about only giving merit too – now it’s 9.75% ATB and 3% merit. What a funny guy.
Here’s hoping the union members vote to take this offer and then get to work helping Jamie Moffitt find out where all the GF money that used to go to faculty pay has been disappearing to.
In exchange the union agreed to end the TRP program for TTF. The university believes this is an expensive program because their simplistic analysis does not consider the secondary effects of ending it – faculty will simply delay retirement for a year or two instead of working 3-5 years part time. Ending TRP will hurt the shrinking number of TTF in PERS most, because they won’t get the 6% raise that pumped up their lifetime annuity payments. I don’t think that will actually save UO much, because if I understand the formula that determines how much UO pays into PERS it’s based on salaries, not annuity payments. So UO will subsidize the many other state agencies that have programs like TRP, while screwing over our own faculty. Whoops.
If you *were* thinking about the TRP you’ll have until the end of 2025 to sign up and get the 6% raise, then you have up to 3 years until you start teaching part time. And be sure to get your teaching/service commitments from your dean in writing and ask the union to check it over for you. They sure helped me!
UAUO email below the break: