6/27/2013: From the minutes of the 5/24 OUS F&A meeting: Projected campus fund balances for biennial-end include: EOU, 5.1%; OIT, 12.4%; OSU, 8.4%;PSU, 14.2%; SOU, 7.4%; UO, 17.%; WOU, 16.6%; and Chancellor’s Office, 20.7%. Vice PresidentMoffitt, UO, advised that they are preparing a written plan for submission to the Boardconcerning…
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6/26/2013: From an op-ed in the Oregonian by libertarian Steve Buckstein of the Cascade Policy Institute: “If it were possible to opt out of membership in a labor union without losing your job or any other penalty, would you do it?” Nationally, 33.4 percent of respondents answered yes.In Oregon, 31.2…
6/25/2013, 9-4. Sorry, no live-blog on this one but I’ll post a synopsis later. Meanwhile try Luebke’s blog. Your Guarantee of Truthiness: All UO Matters bargaining posts fact-checked by Randy Geller, HLGR and their lobbyist and public relations consultant, (and former Frohnmayer aide) Marla Rae. Disclaimer: My opinion of what people said or were…
6/24/2013: Work in progress, suggestions and corrections welcome. UO won’t release the long-term financial projections on which Jamie Moffitt is basing her claims that they can’t afford the union salary proposals, this is my stab at figuring out the situation. Summary: Tuition and fees up $32M for this next year: 2010…
6/23/2013: The faculty union has released the dates that the admin is willing to meet over the summer to get this contract wrapped up. I’m going to miss a few sessions, but I’ll post summaries of all. And of course you can always check out Barbara Altman’s site for the…
6/7/2013: Diane Dietz has the scoop: The UO would need $1.7 million a year to hire 11 new employees to support its board and also perform financial functions the new entity would require, according to a UO analysis. Funny, Rudnick didn’t mention this new cost at the bargaining session Thursday.…
6/6/2013, 8AM, usual suspects. Coffee and croissants, courtesy of economics. Forgot the cream. Your Guarantee of Truthiness: All UO Matters bargaining posts fact-checked by Randy Geller, HLGR and their lobbyist and public relations consultant, (and former Frohnmayer aide) Marla Rae. Prologue from Tu: Moffitt finds another 0.5% for the faculty.…
6/5/2013: The constitution is posted here. Electronic voting by union members started last night, closes 6/14. I think you still have through the end of the week to join and be able to vote.5/31/2013: I am a member of the faculty union constitution committee and I endorse the end result. …
of Connecticut: The $1.5 billion construction component is an investment in building new scientific laboratories, purchasing advanced equipment, constructing new classrooms, and adding housing. The state will also invest $137 million in operating funds to hire hundreds of new faculty, and to expand the student body in STEM fields (science,…
Tuesday 6/4/2013, 8-12 AM, Room 122 Knight Library, open to the public and reporters, free coffee and donuts.Live-Blog disclaimer: My opinion of what people said or were thinking but were too polite to say. Nothing is a quote unless in quotes. Check out Luebke’s facebook blog too, here. Latest Fact…
between the students and the faculty union on tuition increases seems to have failed. 6/3/2013 update: Here’s the mic check video, from a helpful commenter. The guy in the middle is Frog, or maybe Bean, after an administrative sabbatical paid for with student tuition increases. Say, what is Bean going…
6/3/2013: That would be at the University of Hawaii, quitting the NEA after 40 years because they didn’t get any bargaining help from the NEA and disagreed with their politics. The NEA is not exactly on a roll with faculty unions – at Montana State the tenured faculty recently voted to decertify…
Thursday, 5/23/2013, 8-12 AM, Room 122 Knight Library, open to the public and reporters, free coffee. Bring some donuts.Your Guarantee of Truthiness: All UO Matters bargaining posts fact-checked by Randy Geller, HLGR and their lobbyist and public relations consultant, (and former Frohnmayer aide) Marla Rae. Check out Luebke’s facebook live-blog on this session…
Tuesday, 5/21/2013, 8-12 AM, Room 122 Knight Library, open to the public and reporters, free coffee and maybe donuts.Your Guarantee of Truthiness: All UO Matters bargaining posts fact-checked by Randy Geller, HLGR and their lobbyist and public relations consultant, (and former Frohnmayer aide) Marla Rae. Latest Fact Check: HLGR’s fact checkers agree with UO…
5/19/13: From http://ous.edu/state_board/meeting/dockets, the March 31 Quarterly Management Report. Free UO Matters coffee cup to UO Controller Kelly Wolf if he will explain the extra $99M in income that popped up this year. Anyway, it looks like reserves were up again last quarter. In March Moffitt walked out on the faculty…