OUR ELECTION HAS BEEN EXTENDED!
THE BALLOT RETURN DEADLINE IS MARCH 11TH

WE ARE READY TO VOTE UNION YES FOR UAOU

Cast your vote and return your ballot as soon as it arrives!

Still haven't received your ballot? It's time to request a replacement!

We know that many faculty have yet to receive a ballot. If your ballot still has not arrived please request a replacement ballot right away by emailing daniel.sabol@serb.ohio.gov to request a new ballot. Include your full name and mailing address, and make sure to CC us at unitedacademicsofou@gmail.com so that we can follow up with SERB in case you do not receive a timely response.

If you request a new ballot and then receive your original ballot, don't worry. Cast your vote and return the first ballot you receive right away and discard the replacement when it arrives.

We are organizing a union to:

  1. Secure a just, safe, equitable, and collegial environment for teaching, learning, research, creative activity, and service.

  2. Negotiate the working conditions and compensation structure that will enable the recruitment and retention of a dedicated and diverse faculty.

  3. Ensure the sustained and substantial commitment of university resources to OU’s core mission of teaching and research.

  4. Realize, in partnership with Faculty Senate, the true potential of shared governance, administrative transparency, and due process.

  5. 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