Last week on October 21 and 22, our SEIU Higher Ed Bargaining Team met with management for our third negotiation session, where both teams offered multiple proposals. During this session, Management proposed the following takeaways to our rights as a…

We’ve just wrapped up our second bargaining session. While this session was productive in that we were able to get many of our proposals on the table, we were disappointed to see management propose several takeaways. The takeaways they proposed…

PRIORITY BARGAINING ISSUES  UNION PROPOSAL  MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL Date Last Proposed  Across-the-board Raises – 7/1/21: 3% or $100/mo, whichever is greater – 7/1/22: 3% or $100/mo, whichever is greater – 10/1/21: 2%* – 7/1/22: 1.85%* 4/1/21 – union & management Steps…

Work Share and Unemployment Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Higher Education Edition Q. How do I contact the Oregon Employment Department with specific questions not answerable by this FAQ? You should contact the Work Share division of the Oregon Employment Department.…

Our higher ed bargaining team which represents the over 4,500 classified staff at Oregon’s seven universities has come to a tentative agreement with management! This comes after months of hard fought negotiations where we moved management from a series of…

We are now in the final month of the 2019 legislative session. Several key priority bills that directly impact SEIU members moved through the legislature, including passing the Student Success Act, which will raise $2 billion in new revenue each…

        Our higher education bargaining team met with management in Corvallis on May 2 & 3 to put forth our economic proposals. These are the “meat and potatoes” of our contract — wages, benefits, and paid time…

A full bargaining update is below. But first, there are three actions that every SEIU 503 member can take to make our campaign a success. By sticking together, we can show management that we’re prepared to do whatever it takes…

On March 18 & 19, our elected Higher Ed Bargaining team continued the exchange of non-economic proposals during our second joint bargaining session with management. In keeping with our theme of expanding worker protections and increasing workplace flexibility for classified…

As we enter the second month of the 2019 Legislative Session, we want to provide an update on the work SEIU members have been doing in Salem. We have an ambitious agenda this year that will impact our lives and…