Portland State University’s adjunct faculty union recently won an unfair labor practice case against Portland State University (PSU) over the withholding of special benefit funds. The outcome was a victory for the Portland State University Faculty Association (PSUFA), but adjuncts at the university are still shaken by PSU’s actions amid ongoing contract negotiations.

The union and university are currently in the middle of bargaining for their next contract, as their previous collective bargaining agreement expired on June 30. In August, PSU refused to administer benefit funds, including financial assistance from a fund often used for rent and groceries, to adjunct faculty who requested it. The move was deemed bad-faith bargaining by the Oregon Employee Relations Board.

The board ruled PS

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