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Letter to the Editor: OU’s upper administration is jeopardizing the university’s future

Jeffrey Thomas, Contributor September 3, 2024

Hello, my name is Jeff Thomas. I graduated from OU in spring 2022. In my senior year as an undergrad, I served as editor-in-chief of Volume 47 of The Oakland Post. During the 2021-22 school year, as a...

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OU faculty voting to authorize a strike: What can students expect?

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor September 2, 2024

After a meeting on Sept. 1, the faculty and administration remain without a new contract and the Oakland University American Association of University Professors (OU-AAUP) initiated a strike authorization...

Letter to the Editor: President Pescovitz, please be OU's new Matilda Dodge Wilson

Letter to the Editor: President Pescovitz, please be OU’s new Matilda Dodge Wilson

Annette Gilson, Contributor September 1, 2024

In an effort to deal with the “déjà vu all over again” feelings I too have been having over the past few weeks, I re-read the letter I wrote during OU faculty’s last bargaining session, in 2021....

Letter to the Editor: Not Worth It

Letter to the Editor: Not Worth It

Robert Anderson, Contributor August 29, 2024

I’m an English professor today because of Brooke Hopkins. I remember sitting in his Shakespeare class talking about King Lear and feeling the ground beneath my feet shift. I don’t know how many courses...

Letter to the Editor: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

Letter to the Editor: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

Joanne Lipson Freed, Contributor August 29, 2024

It’s late August, and with just days before the start of the Fall semester, Oakland University faculty are — once again — fighting for a fair contract; as famed baseball coach Yogi Berra might have...

OU faculty contract negotiations update: Differences in workload, merit scores and economic proposals

OU faculty contract negotiations update: Differences in workload, merit scores and economic proposals

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor August 14, 2024

With the faculty contract extended by one day, negotiations continue with the integration of a mediator to resolve differences in economics, workload and merit scores.  After four bargaining sessions...

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OU-AAUP survey indicates significant decline in faculty satisfaction

Chloe Kukuk, Campus Editor April 17, 2024

A March 2024 survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors at Oakland University (OUAAUP) shows a significant decline in faculty satisfaction on Oakland University’s campus in...

Oakland University Associate Professor of
Mechanical Engineering Michael Latcha.

Letter to the editor: A Personal Take on the Changing Landscape of OU Contract Negotiations

Michael Latcha, Contributor April 14, 2022

I have been fortunate to have served as a member of the AAUP bargaining teams in 1994, 1997, 2000, and then as chief negotiator for the AAUP in 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015. During this time, I’ve witnessed...

Oakland University and OU AAUP faculty have both filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against each other in recent weeks.

University, OU AAUP file Unfair Labor Practice charges against each other

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief March 7, 2022

Oakland University and the faculty union Oakland University’s Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (OU AAUP) have both filed Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges against each other...

A view of OU AAUP supporters picketing during the job action that disrupted the start of the 2021 fall semester.

Campus workforce responds to AAUP allegations of university bad-faith bargaining

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief February 7, 2022

In January, Oakland University’s Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (OU AAUP) leadership released a letter they’d sent to President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz and the Board of Trustees...

BOT Chair Robert Schostak at a BOT meeting last year. Schostak's letter to OU AAUP leadership denied their request for adding faculty liaisons to the BOT.

Board of Trustees denies AAUP request for faculty liaisons

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief January 27, 2022

In a letter sent to Oakland University’s Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (OU AAUP) President Karen Miller from OU Board of Trustees (BOT) Chair Robert Schostak earlier this...

The university's bargaining team has responded to AAUP accusations of bad-faith bargaining during 2021's contract negotiations.

University responds to OU AAUP accusations of bad-faith bargaining

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief January 18, 2022

The university’s bargaining team has responded to last week’s accusations of bad-faith bargaining during 2021’s faculty contract negotiations, in which faculty provided evidence that they say proves...

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