University of Oregon Archives

UO fires organizer in student worker campaign

Feb 15, 2023

Gotcha: He didn’t pay for food that was otherwise headed to the garbage.

Graduate employees are workers too

Nov 14, 2019

Oregon university officials are pulling out all the stops to devalue and disrespect graduate student workers.

UO’s new $1 billion Knight Science Campus will be built under a PLA

Feb 13, 2018

Oregon State Building Trades signed a project labor agreement with UO and Hoffman Construction on the project, which will be built in four phases over 10 years and employ up to 1,300 construction workers.

Graduate teachers at UO on the verge of a strike

Nov 4, 2014

Grad students, who teach a third of UO classes, could strike right after Thanksgiving.

UO grad student workers conduct ‘work-in’ following strike vote

Jun 3, 2014

No strike will happen before fall term, but GTFs say they’re ready

UO graduate fellows begin contract talks

Dec 2, 2013

Union wants parental leave, wireless internet, and kitchen appliances, among other things

In Oregon’s new higher ed boards, labor gets a seat or two

Aug 29, 2013

Business will be amply represented on the new governing boards.

David Cecil named chief of staff at AFT-Oregon

Jul 30, 2013

The former graduate teaching fellow has 13 years in the labor movement

University of Oregon at $320,000 (and counting) in talks with union

May 15, 2013

An outside law firm employing the former UO president heads up the administration’s bargaining team

University of Oregon backs off its challenge to faculty union

May 2, 2012

United Academics is certified after Governor Kitzhaber weighs in.