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University of Oregon
Collective bargaining
UO undergrad workers strike for a contract
As many as 4,000 student workers at UO went on strike April 28, shutting down university dining halls — and an active construction site.
Collective bargaining
Student workers ready to strike at University of Oregon
The unit of about 4,000 undergraduate student workers voted to unionize in October 2023 and has spent 10 months negotiating a first contract.
Collective bargaining
Grad worker strike averted at University of Oregon
Over 1,400 grad teaching and research assistants had set a Jan. 17 strike date. Instead a new contract will raise wages by up to 45%.
Union Organizing
UO undergrad workers vote overwhelmingly to unionize
They’ll now be part of a bargaining unit of 3,922 student workers with jobs in the libraries, dorms, dining halls, and recreation centers.
Union Organizing
UO fires organizer in student worker campaign
Gotcha: He didn’t pay for food that was otherwise headed to the garbage.
Comment
Graduate employees are workers too
Oregon university officials are pulling out all the stops to devalue and disrespect graduate student workers.
Jobs
UO’s new $1 billion Knight Science Campus will be built under a PLA
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.
Collective bargaining
Graduate teachers at UO on the verge of a strike
Grad students, who teach a third of UO classes, could strike right after Thanksgiving.
Collective bargaining
UO grad student workers conduct ‘work-in’ following strike vote
No strike will happen before fall term, but GTFs say they're ready
Collective bargaining
UO graduate fellows begin contract talks
Union wants parental leave, wireless internet, and kitchen appliances, among other things
Politics
In Oregon’s new higher ed boards, labor gets a seat or two
Business will be amply represented on the new governing boards.
People
David Cecil named chief of staff at AFT-Oregon
The former graduate teaching fellow has 13 years in the labor movement
Collective bargaining
University of Oregon at $320,000 (and counting) in talks with union
An outside law firm employing the former UO president heads up the administration’s bargaining team
Union Organizing
University of Oregon backs off its challenge to faculty union
United Academics is certified after Governor Kitzhaber weighs in.
Union Organizing
UO opposes union unit in ERB filing
UO spent $25,000 for a consultant to prepare a web page expressing common anti-union themes.
Union Organizing
University of Oregon faculty on track to unionize
A major factor is growing concern among faculty about the “corporatization” of the university.
Union Organizing
University of Oregon faculty unionize
The group of 1,900 will be jointly members of AFT and AAUP.
