4/27/2012: Like it or not, most UO faculty are now in a union. This union needs by-laws and then a constitution. My understanding is that these are to be determined democratically. Why does this matter? The PSU union negotiated a 0.75% union dues deal with the AAUP. Way better than…
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4/27/2012: Please submit your mottos in the comments, email art work to uomatters gmail. We’ll worry about that constitution later. A commenter notes the anti-union faculty need a t-shirt too: “Our core wasn’t properly polled”?
4/27/2012: Union announcement here. Pdf here. Official final excelsior list from the ERB is here. An Excelsior list is a list of those who will be in the union, definition here. There is still some scope for negotiation, however. No word yet on how by-laws, constitution, and leadership will be…
4/27/2012: Pretty clear what it means if you got one of these letters. If you didn’t, it may mean you are in the union, or it may mean they are still processing. I’ve got a few PR requests out for more, if anyone knows please comment. From: United Academics Date:…
that is big-time college football. As BCS Chair UO’s Dave Frohnmayer was a passionate defender of the college bowls, which spent the money they got from UO on illegal campaign contributions and strippers. But now history has moved on. The conferences and their athletic directors have figured out how to…
4/25/2012: I’ve written before about AD Rob Mullens’s perverse incentives. Now the word is that the athletic department is having a hard time coming up with the cash to pay for these, and for the coaches’ bonuses. So they are auctioning off the players’ game jerseys, and keeping all the…
Email on 4/25/2012: The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United Academics of the University of Oregon and the University of Oregon is posted on the Human Resources website. http://hr.uoregon.edu/employee-labor-relations/faculty-unionization/memorandum-understanding-collective-bargaining-unit-fa The MOU describes the agreement reached by the United Academics and the University. The bargaining unit agreed to by the…
4/25/2012: Email sent yesterday: This email is being sent to all Optional Retirement Plan (ORP) employees on behalf of the OUS SB 242 Optional Retirement Plan Review Committee. This committee was formed as a result of Senate Bill 242 which requires OUS to review the current ORP plan and make…
4/24/2012 Updated 4/25/2012: Bill Graves story here. Kroger talked the talk on public records, but didn’t deliver. He threatened me for putting the PR manual online, then wrote a series of retrograde public records opinions that set Oregon back 20 years. To cap it off, Jeff Manning’s Oregonian piece today…
4/25/2012: Sam Stites of the ODE has a piece on the union, Diane Dietz of the RG has more, here. Interestingly, no quotes from Interim Pres Berdahl: “I wouldn’t say it was a change of heart. It’s more an acknowledgement of the bargainers desire to have the one unit,” acting…
Updated 6/3/2012: For this post I will only accept comments that involve questions or answers! This is a resource page with links to information about the UO Faculty Union. It’s meant to be an independent source of information for faculty about the union. Revised as appropriate, suggestions welcome in the…
4/24/2012: An email sent to faculty at 10 AM. I’m stunned. Who will be in the union? Just the people on the Excelsior list? Less the faculty that departments identified as supervisors? Obviously Berdahl made a deal, but what exactly was it, and why did he make it? We’ve filed…
4/23/2012: OUS dockets here, his proposal for responsibilities here. It’s a sham. Sam Stites ODE story here. 100mb mp3 of meeting here.
4/24/2012. UO has put out an RFP to add dual mounts for AR-15’s and shotguns to the DPS Crown Vic Police Interceptor fleet – so far as I can tell they haven’t actually bought the assault rifles yet. I’m sure there will be those in the physics department who will…
From today’s retirement event for CAS Assoc Dean and Chief of Operations Marriane Nicols.