Category: Newsletter

This newsletter is in response to the many inquiries and complaints from UT-AAUP faculty concerning the Bethany Ziviski HR announcement of June 1, 2023. This newsletter is also being sent to President Gregory Postel and Finance VP Matt Schroeder who is also in charge of HR. On June 1, 2023, Bethany Ziviski, Interim Sr. Associate…

The Administration announced to the media on June 6, 2023 that Matt Schroeder will present a FY 2024 academic budget to the Board of Trustees on June 22, 2023 with cuts of at least 7% or $28 million. This is old news. This was previously reported in the UT-AAUP newsletter of May 8, 2023 entitled…

By Linda Marie Rouillard Well, it’s Groundhog Day here in Ohio with SB 83, a proposal brought to the floor of the Ohio Senate last week. Remember SB 5 from 2011 when President Jacobs testified in favor of eliminating collective bargaining rights from Ohio institutions of higher education? Jacobs “estimated” he could save $10 million…

A  BGSU faculty has been suspended for sending out an email criticizing BGSU hiring decisions. Below is the text from the Academe Blog. UT-AAUP Executive Board _______________________________________________ The Crime of Email at Bowling Green State University John K. Wilson / 3 hours ago By JOHN K. WILSON Christian Coons, an associate professor of philosophy at Bowling Green…

To apply for a research stipend, use the following link from the Research Office website: https://www.utoledo.edu/research/rsp/CBA-Research-Bonus-Request.html We have also received inquiries about unpaid stipends from other research faculty. We hope the above link helps. We are pleased to report that other faculty have received delinquent payments for grants in today’s paychecks. The Medical School faculty…

Article 12.6.3 of the T/TT CBA provides for a research stipend for UT-AAUP Bargaining Unit Members. The stipends are tied to research grants, for example $2500 for a grant of $250,000 to $500,000 as stated in the CBA Article. The UT-AAUP has received complaints from Members that these stipends are not being paid. The UT-AAUP…

Attachment: UT/UT-AAUP(COL) Negotiations – Article 19 UT Proposal (12/10/21) Matt Schroeder, Executive VP of Finance, gave an informative presentation at the Faculty Senate on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, on the University of Toledo (UT) enrollment and finances. The presentation went for over 2 hours until about 6:45p.m. Matt took and answered many questions on enrollment…

Yesterday, we posted on the UT-AAUP website a second Huron Consulting Report dated November 4, 2021. This was received yesterday, one day after our public records request to Legal Affairs. This second Report has 144 pages with numerous color graphs and charts. It is not known why this second Report dated November 4, 2021 was…

The Postel Administration has advised the UT-AAUP of the following: The 2% across the board (ATB) wage increase for UT-AAUP faculty will be in the October 21, 2022 paychecks. The “retro pay” will also be in the October 21, 2022 UT-AAUP faculty paychecks. The 2% ATB and the “retro pay” to UT-AAUP faculty on sabbatical…

The Eastern Michigan University AAUP faculty union is on strike as of this morning. A news release from the EMU AAUP website is below. The UT-AAUP Executive Board is seeking information from the EMU AAUP leadership as to what support we can give them including possible picketing. UT-AAUP Executive Board Breaking News (posted September 6,2022)EMU…