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A previous version of SB 916 failed in a surprising vote Tuesday.

The surprising setback came after one of SB 916’s sponsors flipped his position.

Senate Bill 916, one of the session’s most contentious ideas, passed the House on Wednesday.

A coalition of contractors has argued the move is an unconstitutional power grab.

The faculty and student unions at the University of Oregon have authorized options to strike.

Faculty at the University of Oregon say they could decide as soon as next week whether to authorize a strike. Also on Monday, the UO Students Workers started their strike authorization vote.

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.

The deal, which still must be approved by members, doesn’t include some key provisions staff had pressed for.

Protestors marched through downtown Eugene Sunday afternoon, calling on the community to fight back against the incoming Trump administration.

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.

Unionized faculty at the University of Oregon held a rally on campus Thursday, as they seek a new contract with higher wages.

Graduate workers and educators in Corvallis and Albany are both still on strike, more than a week since they started