On Thursday, May 29, the GTFF hosted garment workers from Indonesia. This was one stop of in the Fight the Heist Worker Action Tour, put on by Global Labor Justice and Asia Floor Wage Alliance. Workers sought to provide consumers a face of those that make Nike shoes and expose […]
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UO student workers ratify contract, continue fight to drop RA charges
UOSW announced Friday, May 15 that over 95% voted yes to approve their first collective bargaining agreement with the university. The union’s bargaining team won the tentative agreement after 10 days on strike and over 11 months of bargaining. UO student workers began organizing three years ago. Student workers at […]
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UOSW reaches tentative agrement with university
After 10 days on strike and over 11 monts of bargaining UO Student Workers (UOSW) reached a tentative agreement on their first contract late night Wednesday. While not achieving all their demands they made some wins on their core demands and gains on others. They become the first campus-wide undergraduate […]
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Student workers hold sit-in at Johnson Hall for fair contract, UO invites EPD to disperse them
UO Student Workers reached one week of striking as of Monday, and they are still fighting for fair pay, and independent arbitration, among other issues. To increase the pressure on the administration the union held several actions including a sit in at Johnson Hall in the afternoon. Around 50 student […]
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UO demands rent from striking residence hall workers, docks meal points; union files ULP
Residence hall workers in exchange for their work for the University of Oregon receive free room and board and a minimal stipend. Now on strike since Monday, in part to keep that agreement in place, are being asked by the university to pay. And not just for the days they’ve […]
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UO student workers strike for fair pay, safe working conditions
At 5 AM on Monday, April 28, student workers at the University of Oregon went on strike. This was after 11 months of bargaining with the university. While the union has made some wins through tentative agreements they say there is still a gap between the two sides in such […]
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UO Student Workers declare intent to strike April 28
If UO Student Workers don’t reach an agreement with the university this week they will go on strike Monday, April 28. The union delivered a letter to the administration stating that last Wednesday after a practice picket, in addition to their official filing with the Oregon Employment Relations Board. Both […]
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Eugene community supports CAHOOTS at City Council meeting
On Monday, one week after CAHOOTS services closed down in Eugene, the community showed up in support, asking City Council to return funding. The CAHOOTS workers’ union had made a call to attend on Instagram and members announced it at the town hall last week. Attendants filled up the 95 […]
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CAHOOTS workers exploring separating program from White Bird Clinic
Less than a week after the layoff of over twenty workers and the end of 35 years of CAHOOTS service in Eugene, panelists at a UO town hall said the crisis response team was exploring a separation from White Bird Clinic. Thursday April 10, a town hall hosted by the […]
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UO community members call on university to protect international students
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and community members rallied in front of Johnson Hall on Friday in the wake of four students having their visas revoked. The rally, organized by UO YDSA, comes a little after a week since the news about the international students started trickling out. Organizers spoke […]
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