UAOSU Office Hours

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UAOSU Office Hours
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Tuesday, April 17th, 11am-3pm, MU Talisman Room
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Join us for office hours!  Come talk with faculty active in building our union, get your questions answered, sign your authorization card, and pick up your mission statement poster.
As you likely know, we have reached the final step in gaining legal recognition of our faculty union at OSU. The card check process requires a majority of all eligible faculty sign an authorization card in order to approve our union. Signing a card is a ‘yes’ vote, and not signing constitutes a ‘no.’ This makes the process even more democratic than a traditional election, where the outcome is determined only by those who choose to cast a ballot within a narrow window. This higher threshold for demonstrating majority support gives every faculty member an equal voice in the process and removes the possibility for abstention. It’s therefore crucial that every faculty member has the full opportunity to make an informed decision. We hope you’ll stop by our office hours to have your questions answered and to sign your card if you’re in support.

Faculty Senate and Faculty Union Relationship

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Faculty Senate and Faculty Union Relationship: Q&A with Chris Sinclair

Thursday March 15th, 12-2pm, Memorial Union

Chris Sinclair is an Associate Professor of Mathematics, the President of the University of Oregon Faculty Senate, and a member of the Executive Council for the United Academics of the University of Oregon (UAUO). Chris will discuss how UAUO interacts with other major institutions on their campus – specifically how their union and senate work together to strengthen shared governance at the University of Oregon.

Sorry you missed our event! Check out the brief summary here.

Supporting Non-Tenure Track Faculty through Collective Bargaining

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A Conversation with Heather Quarles:
Supporting Non-Tenure Track Faculty through Collective Bargaining

Wednesday February 28th, 4-6pm, Memorial Union

Heather Quarles is a Senior Instructor of Spanish and member of the Executive Council for the United Academics of the University of Oregon (UAUO). Heather will draw from her own experience as a non-tenure track instructor and officer in UAUO to discuss how her union has addressed the concerns of contingent and non-tenure track faculty, what it’s like to be an officer in her union, and how faculty across ranks support one another.

Sorry you missed our event! Check out the brief summary here.

 

Threats to Higher Education: The Importance of a United Faculty, with Professor Lisa Klein

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Threats to Higher Education: The Importance of a United Faculty

Please join us for an exciting talk with Professor Lisa Klein of Rutgers University.

Monday, May 15, 4-5:30 in the MU Journey Room.  Social hour to follow.

Lisa C. Klein obtained a BS in Metallurgy in 1973 and a PhD in Ceramics in 1977 from the Material Science and Engineering Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1977, she was the first woman hired to a tenure-track position in the School of Engineering, Rutgers University, where she became a full Professor in 1987.  The focus of Klein’s activities is the synthesis and processing of ceramics and glasses using the sol-gel process.  In particular, Klein has explored the use of the sol-gel process in the preparation of solid electrolytes for smart windows.  She serves as one of 4 Editors for the Journal of the American Ceramic Society.  From 2005 to 2009, she was President of the Rutgers Council of Chapters AAUP-AFT and again from 2013-2015.  This union represents about 5,000 tenured, tenure-track, non-tenure track and graduate employees on the New Brunswick, Camden and Newark Campuses.  In 2015, she received the Human Dignity Award from the Rutgers University Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes for “leveraging opportunities to encourage women, underrepresented minorities, and economically disadvantaged individuals to pursue their aspirations.”