Higher Ed Contract Ratified! The votes have been counted. And we are excited to announce that Higher Ed members of SEIU 503 have overwhelmingly voted to ratify the tentative agreement (TA) reached by the Bargaining Team and management at Oregon’s…

February 27,2024 Thanks to the incredible power workers have been building on our campuses—signing strike pledges, practice picketing, rallying, delivering our petitions to administration, and more—we have moved management to come to a tentative agreement that includes historic cost-of-living adjustments…

(Eugene, OR) Thanks to the incredible power workers have been building on our state’s seven university campuses—signing strike pledges, picketing, rallying, participating in worker “spirit” days, delivering our petitions to administration, and more—SEIU 503 higher education workers have reached a…

Salem, OR – Higher education workers represented by SEIU Local 503 this morning declared impasse in negotiations with university management, after its failure to bring meaningful proposals to the table in bargaining. Union members have been negotiating with university management…

After our second bargaining session with management and a mediator, university management walked away from the bargaining table after failing to offer proposals that meet members’ needs for a fair contract with COLAs that keep up with inflation. They continue…

In labor negotiations between an employer and a union in Oregon, declaring impasse means that both parties have reached a point in their negotiations where they are unable to make further progress in bargaining toward reaching an agreement on the…

SEIU 503 Higher Ed Workers Still Without New Contract
 After Management’s Inadequate Proposals Salem, OR – After months of negotiations, higher education workers represented by SEIU Local 503 will bargain with university management yet again with a mediator this week.…

After two days of bargaining with the universities and meeting with a state mediator, university management is still failing to offer proposals that address classified workers’ core priorities: raises that keep up with inflation and keeping our union strong. Not…

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This Black History Month we want to recognize the journey, struggle, and history of Black and African people. People of color built this country shackled in the chains of oppression for over a hundred years before the reckoning of a…