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 […]
Continue readingWhite Bird to cease all CAHOOTS services in Eugene
In a joint press release, the City of Eugene and White Bird Clinic announced Monday that they will no longer offer any CAHOOTS services in Eugene effective immediately. Previously Whitebird stated that they would be offering reduced services in Eugene. The Clinic says that mobile crisis services will still be […]
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CAHOOTS effectively ends service in Eugene
CAHOOTS services in Eugene will operate only six hours every week as the White Bird Board of Directors lay off over 20 crisis response workers this Monday, April 7. In a little under one year since CAHOOTS workers secured their first union contract, employees were notified on March 7 about […]
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Faculty ratify new contract with UO
United Academics announced that after voting closed Friday, members ratified a new union contract with UO. With 76% of members participating, 97% voted yes. Faculty learned of a prospective tentative agreement just 14 hours before classes were set to start. The beginning of spring term was also when they were […]
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Mutual aid volunteers speak out about city’s criminalization of their work
On Tuesday, mutual aid workers stood together outside the Eugene Municipal Court to talk about how the city has levied criminal charges against them and their organizations. Rallying alongside them were around a dozen supporters with signs saying such things as “Mutual Aid is not a crime”. Through their statements […]
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UA reaches tentative agreement with UO on eve of strike
Faculty at the University of Oregon were set to go on strike Monday morning, the first day back from spring break. UA held a practice picket before spring break and kept up the pressure on the university saying that they would strike if the administration did not give them a […]
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UO student workers join faculty in authorizing strike
UO Student Workers (UOSW) announced that their members authorized their bargaining team to call a strike. UOSW held week strike authorization vote that opened March 3 and ended last Friday. The union says that 2,476 of 4k student workers participated in the vote, and that 94% approved a strike authorization. […]
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