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Since the 1970s, billions of dollars in federal contracts have gone to forestry work like replanting trees or fuels reduction. Oregon has long been a center for businesses getting those contracts. But that industry looked a lot different 50 years ago.
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The deal, which still must be approved by members, doesn’t include some key provisions staff had pressed for.
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Protestors marched through downtown Eugene Sunday afternoon, calling on the community to fight back against the incoming Trump administration.
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Members of the OSU Coalition of Graduate Employees will vote to ratify the tentative contract agreement over the weekend and go back to work on Monday.
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Unionized faculty at the University of Oregon held a rally on campus Thursday, as they seek a new contract with higher wages.
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Graduate workers and educators in Corvallis and Albany are both still on strike, more than a week since they started
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Not enough movement was made at an 11th hour mediation session to prevent a strike, union leadership said.
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Roughly 97% of Greater Albany Education Association members voted on whether to approve a strike. A 92% majority said “yes.”
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The union called a strike over retirement benefits. Bigfoot Beverages has proposed switching to a 401(k), while workers want to continue with their pension plan.
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Oregon has passed new protections for warehouse workers, which will force some employers to be transparent about their production standards.
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Bargaining representatives for Oregon’s seven public universities and the union that represents classified workers came to an agreement this week.
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The union that represents teaching and research assistants reached a tentative deal with the University of Oregon Monday afternoon, narrowly avoiding a strike that was scheduled to begin Wednesday.