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January Update: United Academics of University of Oregon

by Nathan Whalen, Executive Vice President, UAUO United Academics voted in the Fall to extend our current Collective Bargaining Agreement for the following two years, locking in raises and safe-guarding our current benefits packages.  We are pleased with the outcome of the agreement, and can now focus energies on our organizing campaign and other projects.  We are still collecting information from our Diversity Survey on campus to better understand issues related to equity and inclusion.  Our Faculty Organizing for Success Program has been well-attended by new faculty looking for mentorship and professional development opportunities.  At our most recent General Membership…

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January Update: Graduate Employees’ Union of Portland State University

by Jiries Meehan-Atrash, Communications Committee, GEU Over the last few bargaining sessions, the Graduate Employees Union (GEU) sat down at the table across from an administration willing to make few economic concessions that would truly help grad employees at Portland State University. A 1% increase in salaries and 33% coverage of fees were certainly a step in the right direction, but when it came to healthcare, they didn't even want to budge. First they supported themselves with the laughable assertion that we are part-time employees and therefore don't deserve healthcare, then they claimed covering our healthcare would be illegal for…

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