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Welcome to United Faculty of Evergreen

NEWS:

UFE Defends Academic Freedom. In winter 2008, Evergreen’s internal auditor released a report asserting that Evergreen’s Labor Education and Research Center had engaged in “numerous instances of activity that has the appearance of violating the State Ethics in Service Act.” These activities included “appearance of support for special interest groups.” The “special interest groups” were explicitly identified as unions and organizations serving immigrants.

In October 2009, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) issued a strongly worded statement supporting the Labor Center and warning that the Evergreen auditor’s report constitutes a fundamental threat to academic freedom. See the latest Communique for the AAUP statement.. read

With the following statement, UFE expresses our strong support for the Labor Center and for the AAUP’s report on Academic Freedom at Evergreen... read


LATEST UFE Communique

01 FEB 10: Read UFE's Newsletter V3-Issue 2, Communique, and find out about how Administration recognizes UFE stewards' work as governance service, Gateways Program, support for Evergreen's Labor Center and Academic Freedom, and UFE Faculty solidarity scholarship gains ground... read


UFE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT...read


04 NOV 08: UFE RATIFIES 1ST-EVER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT!

Faculty union members at The Evergreen State College in Olympia have overwhelmingly ratified their first-ever collective bargaining agreement since unionizing two years ago. After eight months of negotiations, the final agreement came after a marathon 42 hours of bargaining over three days in late October. Faculty union members are pleased with the results... read

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UFE COORDINATING COMMITTEE:

  • Chair - Laurie Meeker
  • Vice Chair - Chuck Pailthorp
  • Communications Coordinator - Ruth Hayes
  • Treasurer - Rebecca Sunderman
  • Steward Coordinator - Sarah Ryan
  • At-Large - Tony Zaragoza and Susan Preciso

UNITED FACULTY OF EVERGREEN STEWARDS

  • Peter Bacho
  • Peter Bohmer
  • Lori Blewett
  • Peter Dorman
  • Kathleen Eamon
  • Marla Elliott
  • Anne Fischel
  • Judith Gabriele
  • Stephanie Kozick
  • Anita Lenges
  • Paul McMillin
  • Laurie Meeker
  • Daryl Morgan
  • Donald Morisato
  • Lin Nelson
  • Chuck Pailthorp
  • Alan Parker
  • Susan Preciso
  • Andrew Reece
  • Frances Rains
  • Liza Rognas
  • Sarah Ryan
  • Zahid Shariff
  • Rebecca Sunderman
  • Joe Tougas
  • Michael Vavrus
  • Sonja Weidenhaupt
  • Elizabeth Williamson
  • Bob Woods
  • Tony Zaragoza
  • EJ Zita

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