The UO administration is currently proposing that new faculty not receive any raises in year one of the new contract.
Our potential exclusion from this raise would exacerbate ongoing pay equity issues at the University and send the message to new faculty that we are on our own in dealing with the consequences of historic inflation rates. While starting salaries for faculty may appear, in real numbers, to have increased over time, they do not reflect the realities of inflation and increased cost of living. New faculty absorb the costs of wage compression while we, like our senior colleagues, also confront inflation and increased cost of living.
Please sign on to the letter and support new UO faculty.