During mediation on Monday, October 9, we’ll be holding a GE Work-In from 12-5pm at the EMU Food Court (in front of the Crater Lake Room). Wear your GTFF shirt, bring your laptop/work, and set up to make our labor visible to the University of Oregon!
News & Updates
Campus Labor Council Meets with President Scholz to Discuss Work at UO
President Scholz highlighted a few priorities for his leadership, including things like promoting a student-centered culture and advancing UO’s efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion. CLC members expressed a mutual interest in collaborating to meet these goals, and shared their deep commitments to the university’s academic mission.
Our contract needs to protect queer and trans GEs. Here’s why.
“A GE shouldn’t have to beg and scrape for the dignity of their supervisor using the correct pronouns. This is basic human dignity.”
UO’s latest salary offer still won’t cut it
As we head into mediation, here’s where we stand.
We told UO’s Board of Trustees: GEs deserve dignity
“As class sizes rapidly grow, and while GEs remain overworked and underpaid, what kind of education can these undergraduate students expect to receive?”
Keep Eugene’s only hospital open!
Read our letter to local leaders in solidarity with the Oregon Nurses Association.
UO is sending a message: They don’t care about ALL grad workers.
Their comments at the table indicated that they’re not interested in holding supervisors accountable for misgendering GEs, or in recognizing ADA accommodations as an urgent matter.
CAS ‘continuity planning’ shows UO is getting nervous
UAUO and GTFF respond to the university’s union-busting efforts.
We’re filing for mediation in bargaining. Here’s why.
Our proposals are based on real data about what our members need. We think a mediator will recognize those facts, even if UO refuses to do so.
Joint Statement on Wildfire Smoke Impact from the Campus Labor Council
The UO Campus Labor Council, consisting of representatives from the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, United Academics, SEIU503 Local 085, and UO Student Workers, calls on the University of Oregon to proactively address ongoing climate and air quality concerns for our campus community.