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Solidarity with SEIU 503 classified workers who delivered their 10-day strike notice with District 3 City Councilor Angelita Morillo's support to PSU President Cudd and the Board of Trustees' FA&A committee yesterday.
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PSU-AAUP represents over 1,200 faculty and academic professionals employed by Portland State University. We strive to defend the rights of our bargaining unit and are committed to protecting tenure, due process, and academic freedom.
![In recent weeks, Portland State’s faculty union and local high school and college student activists from the Sunrise Movement rallied against the cuts on campus. PSU-AAUP are planning another rally for May 19. Some students demanded more accountability, transparency and decision-making power in the university’s restructuring process.
Portland State University freshman Qadira Stephens, center, rallies PSU students and area high school students, who walked out of school to join the demonstration, outside of PSU President Ann Cudd’s office in the Richard & Maurine Neuberger Center on April 30, 2026 in Portland, Ore.
Portland State University freshman Qadira Stephens, center, rallies PSU students and area high school students, who walked out of school to join the demonstration, outside of PSU President Ann Cudd’s office in the Richard & Maurine Neuberger Center on April 30, 2026 in Portland, Ore.
Other students worried about what a future PSU could look like.
“I’m scared that my education isn’t secure,” said Franklin High School sophomore Braeden Cain at a student-led walkout protesting PSU cuts on April 30. He said he’s already lost great teachers from Portland Public Schools budget cuts last year.
“If funding [for universities] is dwindling now, what’s going to be left for me a couple of years down the line?” Cain asked. “Will I get the same opportunities with a public college education?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nbuebyd5yrxknlqgkc5o4rxc/bafkreidvtwwl6wwavvnipygxed4mzd3bw3tnkqpo7cq7cv57hwthngoxqu)
![👀 Inside Higher Ed coverage: “'[the] Cudd Administration chose not to partner with a powerful coalition of every public sector union in the state to win its demand of $50M in education stability funds for PSU.' (The university spokesperson confirmed that PSU didn’t seek a state bailout.)"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nbuebyd5yrxknlqgkc5o4rxc/bafkreifgek5ztz65o7puytkziqdjlxr5tld6zi3pnuywzuaoqsjfgr5u5q)
