Health insurance for graduate employees at UO is switching from Regence to PacificSource! This change will take effect on September 16, 2024. Aside from updating your address on the GTFF website and DuckWeb, there is nothing any health insurance enrollee needs to do at the moment. Why are we changing our insurance provider? When Regence… Continue reading GE Insurance switching insurance carriers!
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UO Campus Unions Stand Against the Repression of Protest
We condemn the silencing of democratic protests and free speech that we have seen on some college and university campuses across the US, just as we condemn unequivocally antisemitism, Islamophobia, bigotry and hatred in all their forms.
Solidarity With Palestine & Condemning Police Repression of Anti-War Student Protests
We demand that the University of Oregon and local police act peacefully towards the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and student protesters on our own campus.
In Memoriam: Aydin Ozbek
The GTFF would like to honor the life of one of our members, Aydin Ozbek.
Your guide to our newly ratified contract
Read about wins and compare contract language for the GTFF 2023-2026 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Tentative agreement reached on an historic contract
Our members put all of their power into this fight, and we won.
Oregon’s elected leaders stand with GTFF
More than a dozen state and local officials have signed the letter below to express their support for our union’s demands and declare they would stand in solidarity with us in case of a strike. Many thanks to our allies for their support!
GTFF is declaring our intent to strike
UO graduate employees will strike if a deal is not reached by Wednesday, January 17.
GTFF Health & Welfare Trust Wins 1.475% Raises for Minimum GE Salaries!
Our GTFF predecessors won these benefits, which are unrelated to our current contract negotiations.
Community Allies Stand With GTFF
On December 4, 2023, the GTFF sent this letter to University of Oregon President Scholz, Interim Provosts Janet Woodruff-Borden and Karen Ford, and Chief Financial Officer Jamie Moffitt. The next day, GTFF hand-delivered the letter to the Board of Trustees. In it, 24 local organizations, including 11 labor locals, expressed their support for our union’s… Continue reading Community Allies Stand With GTFF