Demanding dignified wages at a time of rising cost of living, the Oakland University Campus Maintenance and Trades (OUCMT) Union is negotiating its contract after more than four months of bargaining. With...
Oakland University’s Board of Trustees (BOT) held its first Fall 2026 semester meeting on Feb. 13.
OU President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz presented key initiatives, such as the Glenn McIntosh “Passion,...
The stars of the WNBA have been turning up the heat.
Leading up to the 2025 All-Star Game, players were seen wearing shirts that read “Pay Us What You Owe Us” and holding signs that demanded more...
On Sept. 25, the Oakland University American Association of University Professors (OU-AAUP) ratified the tentative agreement to renew the faculty contract for another 5 years. With 78% of the votes in...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
