July 28 Cast Your E-Ballot on the Proposed Contract Voting is now open! This Monday, State members received their electronic ballots through email, and the votes are coming in. Voting to ratify a contract is one of the single most…

State Bargaining Campaign Kicking Off Soon! The start of State Bargaining is just around the corner! It all begins with our bargaining survey, which will determine what our priorities will be in this bargaining cycle.  Be sure to complete your…

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.…

On our inaugural episode of Stronger Together, the official podcast of SEIU Local 503, we hear from our Executive Director Melissa Unger about our vision is for the next five years as a union. Next, we hear from Adam Napier,…

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…

Big news this week. Management’s economic proposals — the meat and potatoes of your contract — are moving in our direction! Here are the key issues: Wages: Management has doubled its proposed a cost of living increase to 4% (2%…

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…