About a month after the Red Cup Rebellion, Starbucks workers nationwide held a three-day strike that they deemed the “Double Down Strike”. Workers walked out. Dec 16-18 over much of the same issues that the company did not address after the last strike. These include inadequate staffing and refusing to bargain in good […]
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86 Hunger throws benefit concert at Janet Smith House to fill food pantry
Over 50 people gathered at the Janet Smith House on Friday, October 15 for a concert benefiting 86 Hunger. 86 Hunger is a local non-profit aiming to “rid this community of hunger” through multiple programs including a food pantry, free meal program, and partnering with other organizations. Attendees could help the […]
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Community successfully defends families from fascist threat outside drag queen story time
Around 50 right-wingers ascended to Old Nick’s to intimidate a drag queen story time performance and the greater queer community on Sunday, Oct. 23. This came after right-wing provocateurs and media spread lies and misinformation across social media outlets and in national media publications about Vanellope, an 11 year-old that was performing […]
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Women, life, freedom: GTFF, other UO community members stand in solidarity with protesters in Iran
On Friday, Oct. 7 at the University of Oregon campus, members of the UO community rallied outside of Johnson Hall in solidarity and remembrance of those killed in ongoing protests in Iran. Since the death of Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16, at the hands of so-called morality police in Iran, […]
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PeaceHealth workers with SEIU 49 picket for fair wages, safe staffing
Workers at PeaceHealth represented by SEIU 49 held informational pickets in Eugene (University District), Springfield (Riverbend), and Longview, WA (St. John) on Tuesday. The union is still at the bargaining table and this was not a strike. With this action they aimed to amp up pressure on management and gather […]
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FUSEE hosts showing of Elemental wildfire documentary at Art House movie theater
Friday, September 9th, as the Cedar Creek fire was approaching southwestern Lane County creating a dark ominous sky in Eugene, Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology (FUSEE) hosted a screening of Elemental at the newly opened Arthouse. Organizers were quick to note the on-point timing of showing a documentary […]
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Weyerhaeuser workers across the Northwest strike
Two days into the first mill workers strike in over 30 years, Weyerhaeuser employees affiliated with International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 246 maintained a hearty picket line at all four entrances to the Cottage Grove mill in Lane County. All across the Pacific Northwest over 1100 […]
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Visiting author gives talk on their book ”Abolition of Law” at UO Law School Student Center
About two dozen folks took over the UO Law center lounge on Friday Sept. 9 to escape the wildfire haze descending on Eugene and hear Nevada give a talk on their book “Abolition of Law”. The Abolition of Law event, hosted by UO’s Radical Organizing and Activist Resource (ROAR) center, […]
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Union Starbucks workers across Eugene strike
Workers at all seven of the unionized Starbucks in Eugene, of a total of eight stores in the city, went on strike earlier this week. This is a continuation of the actions taken last week that started with a strike by the 29th & Willamette worker to bring the company […]
Continue readingUO President Schill departing for Northwestern University
UO President Michael Schill is leaving to become the next president of Northwestern University this fall. UO Board of Trustees Chair Ginevra Ralph announced it to the campus community. Northwestern also put out an announcement on its website. Schill became president of the UO in 2015, since then he has […]
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