The recent tentative agreement between the classified staff at Oregon’s seven state universities and management is a massive milestone in improving our higher education for both students and employees. After years of miniscule cost of living adjustments we finally were…

After twenty-two hours of bargaining, Oregon public university workers early Saturday morning reached a tentative agreement with university administrators on a new contract that covers wages, benefits, and other workplace policies. The agreement follows months of negotiations and worker actions,…

Our Union’s higher ed bargaining team has been working hard to reach a fair settlement and avoid going on strike Monday, but university administrators continue to provide disrespectful offers that, if agreed to would have workers falling further behind, losing…

The classified staff at Oregon’s public universities, who do everything from custodial duties to servicing the IT systems, have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. For years they have seen low wages and disrespectful working conditions, and despite receiving over…

As the classified staff at Oregon’s seven state universities prepare to strike, they are continuing to receive insulting offers from the university administrators on the other side of the bargaining table, many of whom make lofty six-figure salaries.  On September…