The GTFF’s bargaining team has spent 22 hours straight in mediation with the Administration’s bargaining team over the past 2 days. Early Wednesday morning the teams tentatively agreed to all language for a new collective bargaining agreement. The agreement will need to be voted on for ratification by the GTFF membership to officially take effect.… Continue reading President’s Statement on Agreement
Month: December 2014
GTFF Negotiations Come to Close
A Joint Statement from the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation and the University of Oregon: In a mediation session that began Tuesday and went through the night, our bargaining teams came to terms on a tentative agreement. The GTFF members will hold a ratification vote to decide on the final agreement. Additionally, the president, on behalf… Continue reading GTFF Negotiations Come to Close
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UO expects $4.8M profit in 2015 UO Board of Trustees told University expects $4.8 million surplus from tuition and fees. Support from Major Campus Figure Today the GTFF was visited by a major campus figure. Dear UO Undergraduates: We miss you. We’ll still be here for you. As our strike goes into its second week,… Continue reading Most Recent Posts
UO expects $4.8M profit in 2015
The UO Board of Trustees Finances and Facilities Committee Meeting tomorrow, Wednesday December 10th at 10am. The agenda items (listed here: http://trustees.uoregon.edu/meetings) list that the University expects a $4.8 million surplus from tuition and fees this fiscal year. That would cover 92 years of GTFF paid leave.
Support from Major Campus Figure
Today the GTFF was visited by a major campus figure. Note: Puddles did not visit the GTFF on the picket line. We searched Puddles out for a photo-op.
Dear UO Undergraduates: We miss you. We’ll still be here for you.
Dear University of Oregon Undergraduates, As our strike goes into its second week, we want you to know that we are thinking of you and miss you very much. It pains us to see the Administration refuse a fair contract and keep us from being in the classrooms with all of you. Your GTFs wish… Continue reading Dear UO Undergraduates: We miss you. We’ll still be here for you.
More threats to International Students
On Friday, the GTFF sent another cease and desist letter to the University of Oregon Administration for illegally intimidating international students. The GTFF previous filed unfair labor practice claims on this topic as well as a cease and desist letter before the strike even began.
Support at Pac-12 Championship Game
Local graduate employees in the San Francisco Bay Area from UC Santa Clara and UC Berkley visited the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi’s Stadium on Friday, December 5th. They stood in support with the GTFF, making sure the public was aware of what was going on in Eugene. Our brothers and sisters willingness to invest their… Continue reading Support at Pac-12 Championship Game
Strike Update – Day 4
Mediation Regardless of what compromises the GTFF made at the bargaining table, the Administration will not agree to any contract language that resembles paid leave. They will not guarantee, in any form, that graduate employees can take time off of work for sick leave or parental leave and not lose wages. We will return to… Continue reading Strike Update – Day 4
Strike Update – Day 3
While GTFs picketed around the University of Oregon campus, the GTFF bargaining team met in mediation with the University of Oregon Administration’s bargaining team. After 8 hours of work, the two teams called it a night, but planned to meet again in the morning. Both parties agreed it’s important for the teams to collaborate in whatever… Continue reading Strike Update – Day 3
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