We are United Academics of Ohio University.
As faculty, we uphold the central educational mission of a public research university, which includes fostering student success, creating knowledge, and serving an informed and free-thinking democratic society. To achieve our mission, we stand together, united across ranks and campuses, to organize a faculty union!
We are organizing a union to:
Secure a just, safe, equitable, and collegial environment for teaching, learning, research, creative activity, and service.
Negotiate the working conditions and compensation structure that will enable the recruitment and retention of a dedicated and diverse faculty.
Ensure the sustained and substantial commitment of university resources to OU’s core mission of teaching and research.
Realize, in partnership with Faculty Senate, the true potential of shared governance, administrative transparency, and due process.
Defend academic freedom, the key to an open and unfettered society.
Why Unionize
Individually, we faculty have little control over our working lives, but together, we have the power to create a better Ohio University. As a union, you and your colleagues would have the legal right to negotiate with the university on the terms and conditions of your employment, including
Practicing real shared governance that actively includes faculty in university decision-making
Creating transparent workload expectations and preventing exploitation by enforcing existing workload policy
Ensuring adequate and fair compensation for all faculty
Clarifying expectations around promotion and tenure
Increasing job security for Instructional Faculty
The benefits are clear, both for yourself and for your colleagues and community!
“Unions support faculty so faculty can support students.”
— Angela Sprunger, Art & Design