Category: Bargaining Blog

At its Emergency General Membership Meeting on Friday, May 17, the gathered membership of the GTFF voted overwhelmingly to proceed with a Strike Authorization Vote the following week. This vote will take place by ballot box from Monday, May 19 through Thursday, May 22 leading up to a Work-in and Rally on Friday, May 23… Continue reading Strike Authorization Vote

The GTFF is holding an Emergency General Membership meeting to discuss the University’s final bargaining proposals, if they are meet the needs of Graduate Students or if the GTFF needs to do some further action, including potentially a strike, to get a fair contract for its members. This meeting will be held at the Northwest… Continue reading Emergency GMM!

There were 2 bargaining sessions during the week of May 5th: one on Wednesday May 7th where the GTFF made financial proposals and another of Friday May 9th where the University of Oregon countered with their own proposals. Reports from these sessions follow, along with a short outline of each report.   There are two… Continue reading Bargaining – Week of May 5th 2014

Before returning to our own update, the University Administration has been releasing their own bargaining updates. Their update for the most recent session is available here. Unfortunately, the Administration has left out some important details from their update. Here is an annotated version of their update (click to enlarge). An update from a member of… Continue reading Bargaining Update – April 25, 2014

On Friday, April 25th the GTFF encourages you to attend a number of events around the University of Oregon campus. At noon, outside Johnson Hall, the GTFF will be holding  a rally in support of the union’s current bargaining with the University Administration. Help show that we’re serious about a fair contract. From 1pm until… Continue reading GTFF Day of Action – April 25, 2014

Attached is a report of the bargaining session on April 11th. It covers topics discussed at the session including testimony by a GTFF member on layoffs, a review of counter proposals submitted by the GTFF, an overview of the GTFF Health and Welfare Trust report completed for this session and a look at the financial… Continue reading Bargaining Update – April 11th

The first bargaining session of spring quarter—and the first session under an expired Collective Bargaining Agreement—will be held on Friday, April 11 at 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. in Lillis 112. This session will be immediately followed by a GTFF General Membership Meeting at the Campbell Center (155 High St.) from 6 to 8 p.m. The schedule… Continue reading Upcoming Bargaining Sessions—This Friday and Beyond

The GTFF and the UofO Administration held the final bargaining session before the current GTFF collective bargaining agreement expired on March 31st. Following is a summary of that session. The next bargaining session, and first of the Spring Quarter, will be held on April 11th at 3:30pm in Lillis 112. This session will be immediately… Continue reading Bargaining Update – March 21st Session

The University of Oregon Administration and GTFF had another bargaining session on Friday, March 14th. Following is a description of that session. The next session is Friday, March 21 at 3:30pm in Gerlinger 302.