Academy for Academic Personnel Administration
Fall 2003
Round Table Report
1. Institution Information
Name of Institution/System: Oregon University System
Name of Individual Responding: Joe Sicotte Joe_Sicotte@ous.edu
Title of Individual Responding: Associate Vice Chancellor
2a. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
Portland State University—734 Faculty(AAUP) and 503 Part-time Faculty(AFT)
Western Oregon University—220 Faculty(AFT)
Southern Oregon University—240 Faculty(independent)
University of Oregon—1349 Graduate Teaching Fellows(AFT)
Oregon State University—732 Graduate Teaching Fellows(AFT)
NEW—EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY—121 Faculty(AFT)
Date of First Contract: All 1977 Unit Determinations and votes except OSU-Decemberl999, and EOU-March 2003
Number of Succeeding Contracts:
2b. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
Number of Succeeding Contracts: Negotiate with all the above every two years, concurrent with legislative sessions/funding allocations from State of Oregon.
2c. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
Number of Succeeding Contracts:
2d. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
Number of Succeeding Contracts:
3. Activity Report (e.g., status of current agreement or negotiations, details of last contract settlement, etc.):
4. Special or noteworthy happenings (e.g., relevant arbitration or court decisions, organizing campaigns, labor agency decisions, etc.)
5. Special happenings related to fiscal issues (e.g., salary reductions, health and dental insurance costs, reductions in force, early retirement programs, program consolidation or elimination, etc.):
Legislative budget REDUCTIONS $101 million from current service level.
Tuition Increases vary at each University –all double figures for both years.
Enrollment continues to increase