This post reproduces an email sent to GTFF members on May 5, 2023. In today’s bargaining session, UO’s team finally presented counterproposals to GTFF! We began negotiations by allowing UO the time to showcase their changes to Appendix A, Article 3, 9, 12, 16, and 25. Overall, their offers for these articles are aimed at… Continue reading UO finally brought counteroffers—to keep the status quo.
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Supporting a Free and Fair Certification Process for UO Student Workers
GTFF (AFT Local 3544) urges the University of Oregon Employee and Labor Relations to provide an accurate, up-to-date, and complete list of student employees to the UO Student Workers Union. On Thursday, UO administration gave a list of 700 student employees when there are closer to 3,000 student workers on campus. This is an unacceptable… Continue reading Supporting a Free and Fair Certification Process for UO Student Workers
Bargaining Team newsletter, 4/24
Our email update following last Friday’s session went out today. You can read it at this link. If you’re a current member and you didn’t receive the message, please try the following:
UO’s team is ‘pretty happy with the contract as-is.’ We’re not.
Today’s bargaining session, focusing on support and resources for international GEs, was moving—on the GTFF side. UO’s team appeared mostly unmoved. After international GEs shared powerful testimony about the sacrifices they have made to study at UO, GTFF’s team proposed the addition of a new article, titled Support and Resources for International GEs, to the… Continue reading UO’s team is ‘pretty happy with the contract as-is.’ We’re not.
GTFF elections are open!
Nominations for GTFF leadership are now open! They will close April 28 at 11:59 pm. Use this form or email operations@gtff.net with nominations. See the list below for descriptions of each role. All nominations will be made public to members with this sheet (mobile link here). Nominee statements will be due May 2. Nominees who… Continue reading GTFF elections are open!
International GEs: Share your story!
We are meeting the UO team this Friday, April 21, at noon to negotiate international GE living and working conditions! The article that we are proposing includes covering mandatory fees, housing security, tax preparation, travel funds, paid training, and more. We need your help to strengthen our arguments by sharing your experiences and testimonies. We… Continue reading International GEs: Share your story!
We walked UO’s team through our proposals for health and safety
GTFF has presented 13 proposals so far (more to come in upcoming sessions!) and UO has only presented 3 proposals. They have communicated that we should expect to see more of their proposals at the next session.
4/7 Session Recap: GTFF’s Proposal Walkthrough
Today, our team presented in detail changes we’ve proposed to Articles 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 25, and 35, as well as Appendix A. The University asked a few questions, but did not bring proposals of their own; they stated that we should expect to see some of their proposals at the next session.… Continue reading 4/7 Session Recap: GTFF’s Proposal Walkthrough
UO wasn’t prepared for the power we brought last week
Thank you to everyone who showed up to our very first rally at Johnson Hall last week! The weather was perfect, the vibes were incredible, and it was so amazing to see support from folks like the UO Student Workers, the faculty union (UAUO) the unionized classified workers (SEIU), and of course, our members!
Let’s pack the room on March 17
THANK YOU to everyone who was able to attend our town hall last week! If you weren’t able to make it, here’s what happened: