University of Oregon Drops Objections To New Unified Faculty Union

By Stefan Ostrach A new faculty union at the University of Oregon was certified by the Oregon Employment Relations Board on April 27th, shortly after the university’s administration dropped legal objections it had filed against the proposed bargaining unit, which included tenure-related faculty, non-tenure-track faculty, adjunct instructors, and officers of research. The new union is United Academics of the University of Oregon, a joint affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and the independent American Association of University Professors. The new union will include most faculty and research employees at the university, totaling around 1,700 members. United Academics is the […]