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AAUP-Oregon Support for DACA Students, Colleagues, and Neighbors

  Sep 11, 2017     2075 Views     Comments Off on AAUP-Oregon Support for DACA Students, Colleagues, and Neighbors  

The Oregon State Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-Oregon) is appalled to learn of President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA provides temporary protection to those immigrants brought to the United States as children. Discontinuing DACA threatens the education, livelihood, and wellbeing of 850,000 DREAMers, including more than 11,000 Oregonians. These DREAMers are our students, colleagues, and neighbors. They enrich our universities and strengthen the neighborhoods we call home. We stand united with all Oregon educators in unwavering support of our DACA students who have overcome significant challenges to obtain…

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Support UO Grad Student Strike

  Dec 6, 2014     2456 Views     Comments Off on Support UO Grad Student Strike  

We had hoped that the graduate teaching fellows at University of Oregon would be celebrating a fair contract this weekend. Unfortunately, the university administration continues to refuse to include any form of paid leave in their collective bargaining agreement; this is the key issue that led to the strike. Support the strike, click here to send a message to Interim President Scott Coltrane now. UO administrators have announced that they will grade students themselves, based on their performance up until finals. The GTFs have also set up a strike fund.  You can donate here.  The union was heartened last week when…

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