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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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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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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