AAUP WORKS FOR YOU

A publication of the 

University of Cincinnati Chapter, AAUP

September, 2005

NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPOINTED

The UC Chapter AAUP is very pleased to announce the appointment of Deborah Herman as the new Executive Director.  The search for a new executive director began in May, after the resignation of James Thompson and resulted in the hiring of Dr. Deborah Herman, PhD. 

Debby [as she prefers to be called] comes to us from the University of Wisconsin at Madison where she has been working for the Staff, Teaching Assistants’ Association.  She has extensive experience in union work at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of Iowa where she held both elected and staff positions in the union representing graduate students.  Besides her union experience, Debby is an academician.  She has B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Northern Iowa, with a major in Spanish, and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa with specialties in Educational Sociology, Foreign Language Education, and Mexican Border Issues.  She has taught at the University of Northern Iowa, University of Kentucky, University of Iowa, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Debby will begin in her new position in early November.  In the meantime, past Executive Director Dave Rubin will continue as interim Director.

Members can meet Debby at the November 10th Chapter Meeting. 

CHAPTER MEETING  

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 @ 12:30 P.M.

The first meeting for 2005-2006 of the UC Chapter AAUP will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2005 beginning at 12:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Faculty Club. Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP to the AAUP Office at 556-6861 (or via email at aaupuc1@email.uc.edu) no later than Tuesday, October 18th. The AAUP extends a special invitation to new Faculty Members regardless of whether or not they are AAUP members.

This meeting was originally scheduled for October 13^th but the date was changed when we realized there was a conflict with a religious holiday.  We now understand that the rescheduled meeting conflicts with an A & S Faculty Meeting and we apologize for the conflict.  The rest of this academic year’s meetings remain as scheduled.

ARTICLE 15

Delays Not Caused by the AAUP

We have had faculty from a number of different colleges report that delays in the processing of their Article 15 salary adjustments were due to hold-ups in the AAUP office.  This is not true.  The AAUP is not involved in the approval process for Article 15 adjustments.  Article 15 adjustments (additional salary increases for purposes of correcting inequities, rewarding outstanding performance, and matching outside offers – see Collective Bargaining Agreement) are entirely at the discretion of the Administration.  When Article 15 adjustments are approved, the Administration is required to give the AAUP 30 days notice before the implementation of the salary increase.  The effective date of any increase is determined by the Administration.  The AAUP has never (and will never) objected to an Article 15 increase.