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CONTRACT SETTLED
Friday September 21, 2007
The WOUFT Bargaining Team and the WOU Administration reached tentative agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Friday. Major strides were made in salary, compensation, and clarifying tenure and promotion rules. Ratification vote is Wednesday, September 26, 2007.
Governor signs law adding faculty to board
A bill to expand the number of seats for higher education faculty on the State Board of Higher Education was signed into law Friday June 22, by Gov. Ted Kulongoski. Present for the signing from WOU were WOUFT President Mark Perlman, WOUFT President-elect Peter Callero, and WOUFT Bargaining Team member Steve Gibbons. This second Board position will be designated to be a faculty member from one of Oregon's regional universities, leaving the other seat for faculty from one of the larger research universities. In addition, with this increase from one to two seats on the board, OUS faculty will have parity with students. WOUFT and AFT-Oregon led on House Bill 2579 throughout the session on behalf of higher education faculty members. WOUFT President Mark Perlman testified for legislative committees three different times (once down in Ashland at SOU) in favor of this bill.
This is a significant advance in getting the perspective of Oregon's regional universities represented on the OUS Board, and a lot of credit goes to our Director of Political and Legislative Affairs from AFT-Oregon, Rob Wagner, for getting this passed. AFT-Oregon will help efforts to get a member get appointed to the new seat.
Bargaining Continued on June 13, at which time we made significant progress. The next bargaining session is scheduled for mid-September.
Elections yield new officers
The new WOUFT Officers were elected in May, and begin their two-year terms July 1, 2007.
President: Peter Callero
VP of Political Education and Action: Dean Braa (incumbent)
VP of Membership and Organization: Emily Plec (incumbent)
Secretary: Scott Beaver
Treasurer: Don Naggiar
===February 28, 2007===
Bargaining began today as the WOUFT Bargaining Team met with the WOU Management Bargaining Committee, headed by Mark Weiss. We established ground rules, and WOUFT presented proposals on Articles 7, 8, and 9. The next bargaining sessions are set for early April.
WOUFT December 2007 Newsletter
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