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Policy on APSOU Membership & Dues Collection

Article 4: Association Security of the Collective Bargaining Agreement addresses Dues Deduction (Section A) and Fair Share (Section B). Article I of the APSOU Bylaws addresses association membership.  The following is meant to complement these existing provisions.

Membership Criteria

The bargaining unit shall consist of all OUS faculty who meet all the conditions (1-4) enumerated below.  For the purposes of this description the activities of library personnel and department chairs are considered to be teaching and/or research.

1)     Faculty whose primary teaching and/or research assignment is at Southern Oregon University or who hold appointments with Southern Oregon University.

2)     Appointments are at the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor.

3)  Employment during the nine-month academic year is at least half time, i.e. 0.50 full-time equivalent (FTE).

4) Faculty whose primary duties are University-level teaching and/or research activities.

Membership Rights

The right to vote and the right to hold office in APSOU are open only to association members (Bylaws: Article 1, Section 3). APSOU membership consists of all SOU faculty members who meet the membership criteria except:

1.  faculty members who have elected to opt out and

2.  faculty members who have requested not to be association members, but have not elected to opt out. 

Dues Payment Procedure

All faculty identified as members of the APSOU bargaining unit will receive a memo on or around December 1 reviewing the membership criteria.  Dues (or fair share payments) of $15 will be deducted from each of four paychecks (January through April).  If faculty members wish to opt out (by making the appropriate charitable contribution) and decline their membership, or feel they have been misidentified, they are to notify the APSOU treasurer (Emily Miller-Francisco during 2004 and 2005) prior to January 10.