Faculty Petition for Representation
Update: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University and United Academics of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University (UAOU) have begun negotiations toward the development of the first faculty union contract at the institution since its founding. An initial meeting was held on Aug. 4, and additional meetings are planned over the next six weeks.
As directed by the Board of Trustees, the University will work in good faith to negotiate legally mandated terms and conditions of employment as determined by .
On May 7, 2025, the State Employment Relations Board certified a secret ballot process formalizing that UAOU, which is affiliated with the American Association of University Professors/American Federation of Teachers (AAUP/AFT), will represent approximately 800 faculty members at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University in matters related to the terms and conditions of employment.
The new union represents full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty, full-time non-tenure track instructional faculty and full-time non-tenure track clinical faculty, excluding faculty in the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, select faculty in the College of Health Sciences and Professions, and part-time faculty, among other identified groups.