Higher Ed Bargaining 2026
After nine months of bargaining, we have a tentative agreement and the strike has been called off!
Our tentative agreement includes 3% COLAs this year, 3% next year, no takeaways to contracting out protection, layoff/bumping rights, health insurance. Many more details will be shared by our bargaining team soon.
Because the strike has been called off, workers should report to work at their usual start times Monday morning.
This agreement is tentative until members vote to approve it. We will share the full details, bargaining team recommendations and voting information later this week, and we will schedule Zoom meetings to answer questions about the contract during ratification.
The power classified workers built on our campuses made this agreement possible.
Join us for victory rallies one every campus today, Monday 9/28 at noon.
Victory Rally Locations
- UO – 2 locations
- Franklin & Agate
- Agate & East 13th
- OSU – 15th & Jefferson in front of Kerr Admin
- PSU – SW Broadway & Harrison
- EOU – Badgley Hall
- WOU – Church St. & Monmouth Ave.
- OIT – Campus Drive & Dan O’Brian Way
- SOU – University Way & Siskiyou Blvd
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| Issue | Union | Management |
|---|---|---|
| Term | 2-year contract | 4-year contract with a reopener after 2 years. |
| COLA | First year: 3%, Second year: 3% | First year: 2%, Second year: 2%, no guarantee years 3 and 4 |
| Steps | Steps both years | Steps all 4 years |
| Longevity | Increase longevity by 0.5% at 20, 25, 30, and 35 years | No increase to longevity |
| Health insurance | Maintain benefits | Remove guaranteed 97%/3% split for low cost plans |
| Parking | Discount parking pass for lowest paid workers | Rejects discount for lowest paid workers |
| Layoff | Strengthens layoff article to secure job protections for people caught up in immigration problems | No improvements to job protections |
| Contracting Out | Maintain protections. | Remove feasibility study to make it easier to contract out |
| Trial Service | Maintain current language | Maintain current language |
| Inclement Weather | Ensure childcare workers have access to leave bank | No agreement yet, but LOA to discuss and resolve the issue within 90 days of ratification. |