What I learned in bargaining today, on zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81254557403?pwd=Nkh2L1ptaDhpRmlvdWNaaXYxaHcxQT09
In response to this news from Keaton Miller (Econ) your union has lowered its salary demand from “Average, in 3 years” to “99.4% of average, in 3 years”. The new proposal will be posted at https://www.uauoregon.org/bargaining/
Presumably it will be updated when we learn how much President Scholz is willing to pay Christopher Long, as a brand new provost.
I learned the terminology for this: “self dealing”
See Milton Friedman on “spending other people’s money on yourself”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsRk9RThGt0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SF1iLXSQto
The Admin team’s only real response to Keaton’s 99.4% was “How did you calculate this number?”
Daily Emerald reporters Stephanie Hensley and Jasmine Saboorian have the story here: https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/ua-fights-for-fair-salary-wages/article_126a0bb8-fe80-11ee-aaf5-afc93c963c38.html
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My favorite part: “According to Assistant Director of Issues Management Eric Howald in an email, UO’s Employee and Labor Relations does not conduct interviews while bargaining is underway.” That’s right, UO is paying a strategic communicator to say nothing. No wonder Jamie Moffitt can’t find any money for the faculty.