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So many powerful conversations with students and parents about the impacts to learning conditions from President Cudd’s $35 million in cuts during our move-in day informational picket today!

Many students enrolled in Oregon colleges and universities still choosing online classes Students and professors at two different Oregon universities share why online classes are still popular and the role they play in the overall educational system.

The question of the cost has to do with, ultimately, what it costs the University in terms of enrollment -- Bill Knight, Professor at PSU and President of PSU-AAUP, regarding online vs. in-person cost differences for universities and maximizing enrollment.

www.opb.org/article/2025...

THIS SUNDAY (9/21) at 6pm! Join @portlanddsa.bsky.social, @jwjpdx.bsky.social and other labor unions across Portland as we march for Labor Against Genocide. The rally will feature speakers, followed by a short, accessible march.

Stand in solidarity with PSU faculty and staff by calling and emailing Governor Kotek today: psuaaup.net/blog/entry/t...

PSU Sheds Staff After Expedited Return-To-Office Requirement Staff at one of Portland's largest employers say they were caught off guard by a dramatic change in timeline for a return-to-office mandate. In late July, a number of Portland State University (PSU) e...

“The new policy imposes a hard shift to on‑campus work—one‑day cap by default, “rare” multi‑day exceptions, and fixed deadlines—which are material changes to working conditions,” David Kinsella, PSU-AAUP vice president for collective bargaining, said.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/09...

We're hiring for an Executive Director: Contract Enforcement & Bargaining! Share the link with interested folks and find more info below --

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In Columbia’s Deal, More Gaslighting (opinion) Columbia’s deal reaffirms rather than challenges a narrative of widespread antisemitism, while reinforcing the ongoing erasure of Palestinians, Jennifer Ruth writes.

Columbia’s deal reaffirms rather than challenges a narrative of widespread antisemitism, while reinforcing the ongoing erasure of Palestinians - Check out the full article, written by one of our members, @jenniferruth.bsky.social

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Demand Lawmakers Invest in Public Education Oregon’s state budget is being set for the next two years right now, and what happens in the next few weeks will shape the future of our schools, colleges, and communities for years to come. With just...

Write a @theactionnet letter: Demand Lawmakers Invest in Public Education. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...

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Join us on June 14th for the next nationwide day of action! Details coming soon, so make sure you're subscribed :)

#50501Portland #50501movement #nokings #wethepeople #resisttheregime

Join us on June 5th for the Fund Oregon Now Rally!

RSVP Here: secure.everyaction.com/Zwro9yNQ8Uat...

Governor Kotek: appoint Dr. Mary King to the Portland State Board of Trustees Portland State’s budget and tuition are decided on by its Board of Trustees. The PSU community faces a choice: a board that will continue on its current course of three years of painful layoffs and re...

Tell Governor Kotek: Appoint Dr. Mary King to the Portland State Board of Trustees

In appointing King, we could have a board of trustees that will champion state lawmakers investing in PSU and thereby set us up well for when we go back to the bargaining table.

actionnetwork.org/letters/gove...

Strategic Resistance Flyer

Here is some information on Strategic Resistance as well as some happenings next week from our friends at PSU Queer Resource Center. Feel free to share with students!
pdx.campuslabs.com/engage/organ...

PSU is a public university that supports free speech and free expression, even when the views expressed can be viewed as offensive. For more details about free speech at PSU, visit www.pdx.edu/free-speech/.

Celebrate May Day at an event near you! Find an event here: maydaystrong.org

AFT welcomes new affiliates, hard-fought contracts in higher ed The AFT’s higher education affiliates have been generating a flurry of activity: This fast-growing sector of our union has two brand-new affiliates, at Ohio University and Nevada State University, and...

AFT welcomes new affiliates, hard-fought contracts in higher ed

"This fast-growing sector of our union has two brand-new affiliates, at Ohio University and Nevada State University, and five affiliates that are celebrating groundbreaking contracts."

www.aft.org/news/aft-wel...

Cross Campus Solidarity Rally in Montgomery Plaza! - Join the Day of Action on PSU campus starting at noon on Thursday (April 17).

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It's been a long winter! Time to Spring into Well Being with PSU Student Health & Counseling (SHAC) and Campus Rec co-hosting activities for students, faculty and staff starting April 4th.

Check out their schedule below for more!
www.pdx.edu/health-couns...

Rising to the Occasion: Important Statements and Open Letters BY JENNIFER RUTH AAUP and other campus unions are mobilizing to defend their institutions against the Trump administration’s outright assault on higher education and insist that their univers…

Rising to the Occasion: Important Statements and Open Letters academeblog.org/2025/03/17/r...

Oregon’s researchers ordered to stop their studies by Trump administration face uncertainty, anxiety and frustration Stop-work orders for research projects are landing at Oregon universities from numerous federal agencies.

“One of the things that would really secure our full-time employment is settling a fair contract with PSU-AAUP because within that contract researchers would get bridge funding.” - Ellis Hews, senior research assistant at Portland State’s Institute on Aging

www.opb.org/article/2025...

Portland Councilor Candace Avalos Advocates for PSU Faculty Amid Labor Dispute Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos comments on PSU and PSU-AAUP labor negotiations, urging fair treatment and opposing layoffs.

"I stand in solidarity with PSU-AAUP in their efforts to protect against layoffs, ensure fair wages, and uphold the values of equity and inclusion that PSU champions," Avalos stated.

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After 170+ hours of bargaining since June 2024 -including 70 hours of mediation- 1,172 PSU-AAUP represented workers have filed for impasse starting a 37-day strike timeline. This comes after the layoffs of 12 IELP faculty, 17 NTTF faculty, and over $1B in construction since 2010

Stop the Cuts at Portland State University - YouTube Powerful testimony from the Portland State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on January 20, 2025. Faculty, Staff and Students speak out against the c...

Stop the Cuts at Portland State University
Powerful testimony from the PSU Board of Trustees Meeting held on Jan. 20, 2025. Faculty, Staff and Students speak out against the cuts and layoffs of non-tenure track faculty by PSU administration. View our full series of testimonies: bit.ly/stop-cuts-psu

YouTube video by PSU-AAUP Stop the Cuts - PSU Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony by Professor and Chair, Lynn Santelmann

“These layoffs were not driven by curricular changes in our department, and are not aligned with the strategic plan that was released last spring” -- Lynn Santelmann, Professor and Department Chair, Applied linguistics @ PSU Board of Trustees / Jan 20, 2025
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Stop the Cuts at Portland State University - YouTube Powerful testimony from the Portland State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on January 20, 2025. Faculty, Staff and Students speak out against the c...

Stop the Cuts at Portland State University
Powerful testimony from the PSU Board of Trustees Meeting held on Jan. 20, 2025. Faculty, Staff and Students speak out against the cuts and layoffs of non-tenure track faculty by PSU administration. View our full series of testimonies: bit.ly/stop-cuts-psu

YouTube video by PSU-AAUP Stop the Cuts - PSU Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony by Professor and Chair, Angela Coventry

“The elimination of these faculty dismantles years of progress, threatens the future of our online degree, and undermines access to higher education and outreach programs” -- Angela Coventry, Professor and Chair of Philosophy @ PSU Board of Trustees / Jan 20, 2025

youtube.com/shorts/pUacj...

Sign & share: @portlandstate.bsky.social's Philosophy Dept urges "university leadership to reverse the termination of three key faculty members [...] This decision threatens the department’s long-term viability, the diversity of its curriculum" More here: www.change.org/p/reverse-th...

PSU-AAUP Community Solidarity Pledge I pledge to support PSU-AAUP faculty and staff in their fight for respectful, dignified working conditions As the Cudd administration does yet another annual reserve spend of millions more for athlet...

0⃣ days until impasse can be called.
⌛️Tick tock, PSU President Cudd
💵PSU-AAUP strike fund: zeffy.com/en-US/fundra...
🗣️Community PSU-AAUP picket line pledge: actionnetwork.org/forms/psu-aa...

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Our strike fund just crossed $28,000!
We can declare impasse as soon as the end of this week.

The bigger our strike fund, the more members can hold out to win the conditions faculty, staff, and students deserve if the Cudd administration forces a strike

Chip in here: zeffy.com/en-US/fundra...

🗣️Our largest practice picket yet
🏛️6 days until impasse can be declared
🪧6 weeks until a strike can start
⌛️Tick tock, PSU President Cudd

This Sunday at Cinema 21 at 4pm - Check out the screening of the The Palestine Exception: What's at Stake in the Campus Protests. The film received an AAUP Foundation grant for its outreach campaign. It is made by PSU professors and features PSU faculty and students.
www.cinema21.com/movie/the-pa...