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Join with your union siblings to HAVE FUN! Do what you love, find new things to love, and the people to love them with–right here in your very own union.    You are your union! You can start your own group! The Tabletop Syndicate All work and no play is no way to go! Unwind, socialize, and strategize while playing tabletop games with UA folks–and any interested family members. No prior experience with games needed. We meet at the UA office from 5:00 to 7:30pm on the second Thursday of each month (e.g., Feb 12 and Mar 12). Enjoy snacks…

Welcome back to campus! We hope your break was jolly and rejuvenating. As we collectively refocus on the job of instruction, research, and service, Higher Ed in the United States is still under threat from many angles. There are many ways to join together, find community, and fight for the academic mission of the University of Oregon and higher education more broadly. Our collective voice is powerful and we hope you find something here that inspires you to contribute. Drop-in to Zoom office hours with UA President Kate Celis Mills This term, UA President Kate Celis Mills will hold weekly…

Dearest Colleagues, It’s been a busy start to the 2025 academic year, and I wanted to take a moment to highlight a few of the many campaigns that UA members have been steadfastly working towards these past months. Despite all of the challenges that we have faced this year, our union is stronger than ever, and I’m delighted that so many initiatives are being championed by rank-and-file members in addition to union officers. For those who are interested in stepping into an officer role, please know that we will be holding elections for several positions in the first quarter of…

UA’s WOKE Toolkit In light of increased ideological and political pressures during the present national administration, United Academics has compiled suggestions for how university faculty of all ranks can protect themselves against future attacks and to fight back if and when they come. These can be found in UA’s WOKE Toolkit.  As a first step, the toolkit works to identify your institutional support networks. The first section lists the main entities on campus that can help you in the event of an attack – United Academics, the UO administration, and the University Senate – and recommends how you can engage…

Over the past few weeks, your union has been assembling a toolkit that we hope will help our members deal with the current war on knowledge and education. With a bit of gallows humor, we’ve taken to calling it the “W.O.K.E. Toolkit.” It contains general advice as well as links to further information on:  Resources on Campus Dangers Beyond the University Walls Protecting Yourself Online Dealing With Doxxing Classroom Precautions Dealing With ICE Please reach out to David Luebke, your VP for Tenure-Track Faculty, at luebke@uauoregon.org if there is any additional information you would like included in this resource. You…

The Fall term General Membership Meeting (GMM) is this Thursday, 5-7pm in Gerlinger Lounge. Dinner and drinks will be available at 5:00, business begins at 5:30. If you can’t join in person, you can Zoom in here. In addition to updates on our efforts to push back against layoffs and the work units should be doing to revise Review and Promotion policies, much of the conversation will focus on current threats to higher education and what we are doing (and should be doing) as a union to push back. Please join us for this important conversation! Important Reminders Open enrollment…

TL;DR:  United Academics’ Politics Committee has been working tirelessly to meet with elected leaders, strengthen coalitions, and craft an Oregon Compact on Higher Education with a positive vision for higher education in the state. Help amplify these efforts by: Signing Higher Education Labor United’s No Loyalty Oaths in Higher Ed Signing the AAUP’s Statement  We Stand for Education and Against the Trump Higher Education Compacts Signing the petition against cuts to librarians and library staff Signing the petition to save the UO Forensics program There is much work to be done. Reach out to info@uauoregon.org to see how you can put…

Hello! My name is Kate Mills and this is my first year serving as president of your union, United Academics of the University of Oregon. As the seasons change and the academic year comes to its official start, I want to take a moment to share how excited I am to be your colleague here at the University of Oregon. We begin this academic year as an incredibly strong union that has repeatedly demonstrated collective care and support for each other. Shortly after 14 months of bargaining to secure our current contract, faculty continued to show up for each other…

We’re reaching out to you today with an urgent request: If you received a layoff notice, please let us know as soon as possible by emailing info@uauoregon.org. There are two reasons why we need to know: first, administration has not informed our union of layoffs in advance; and second, if we are to file a grievance in your defense, we must do so within a very short period of time. It is therefore crucial that anyone who is laid off inform the union as quickly as possible. Our collective efforts in recent weeks were successful in staving off the closure…