A graduate student recently had a letter published in The Register Guard discussing the importance of paid parental leave. His letter follows. Thank you, Jon, for speaking out on the behalf of your fellow graduate employees. UO’s grad employees deserve parental leave By Jon LaRochelle AUG. 19, 2014 Since November 2013, the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation… Continue reading Paid Leave Letter
Month: August 2014
Bargaining Update – August 21, 2014
The GTFF and University Administration Bargaining teams met on Thursday August 22nd before separating and communicating throughout the day via a state Employee Relations Board appointed mediator. The mediator passed information and proposals between the teams and pushed both sides to clearly delineate their beliefs, motivations and desires for each proposal to her. The mediator… Continue reading Bargaining Update – August 21, 2014
GTFF Bargaining Update – August
The GTFF and the University of Oregon will return to contract bargaining this Thursday (August 21st) with the assistance of a mediator from the Oregon Employment Relations Board. We hope this will allow the two sides to come to an agreement before the new academic year begins. One member of the GTFF’s bargaining has recently… Continue reading GTFF Bargaining Update – August
GTFF 2014-2015 Insurance Improvements
We are pleased to announce, starting September 16th the already awesome GTFF insurance insurance gets even better. Please take a moment, or longer, to learn about the exciting additions we have in store. There are many ways to learn about the new benefits. The best way is probably in person. PacificSource and our Benefits Administrator,… Continue reading GTFF 2014-2015 Insurance Improvements