Keep up with living costs
Management guarantees only one 0.75 percent COLA across four years. Our team proposes inflation-matching COLAs in a two-year contract.
OSU workers are ready
SEIU Local 503 at Oregon State University
Local 083 · Worker-led across Oregon
STRIKE HAS BEEN DECLARED. NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
We delivered our strike notice to OSU leadership. Our intended strike start is September 28 at 6 a.m. We return to bargaining September 24 to fight for a fair contract that can avert a strike. Read the story. Know what comes next. Stand with your coworkers.
- Notice delivered
- September 18 — our union put OSU leadership on notice
- Intended strike start
- September 28 at 6 a.m.
- Next bargaining date
- September 24 — fighting for an agreement that can avert a strike
Members and community supporters
Find your next step.
Prepare to picket
Find Kerr Administration Building and use our preparation checklist. Email our team for your assigned shift and arrival instructions.
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Help by spreading the word about our contract campaign. Share updates or email our team to offer practical support.
See how to support workers →United for a fair contract
Updated as bargaining moves
We keep OSU running. We demand respect.
Fair wages. Strong health care. Job security. Read the notice, get prepared and talk with your coworkers about what comes next.
Why we are fighting
A fair contract must protect the people who keep OSU running.
Management's current package does not keep pace with living costs and would weaken core protections. Our collective action is how we move them.
Protect affordable coverage
Management wants to remove the guarantee of a low-cost health plan while wages are already falling behind.
Defend layoff rights
We are fighting to keep seniority-based protections and the rights workers rely on during layoffs.
Stop outsourcing
Management is pushing proposals that open the door to contracting out the work our members do on campus.
The pledge is not a strike-authorization vote.
Worker help
How can our union help?
Fast paths for OSU classified workers.
Show up together
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Upcoming Events
Sep24
Strike School
11:00 AM
Strike Captain Training: MU 211
Join our in-person strike captain training Thursday, Sept. 24, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Memorial Union Room 211. All are welcome.
Where: Memorial Union, Room 211
Thu, Sep 24, 2026View event details →
Sep24
Strike School
5:30 PM
Strike Captain Training: Zoom
Join our online strike captain training Thursday, Sept. 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Pacific. All are welcome.
Where: Online via Zoom
Thu, Sep 24, 2026View event details →
From our union
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News & updates
BargainingSeptember 18, 2026
Our union delivers strike notice to OSU leadership
Haggerty expressed sympathy for our demands and cited negotiations with other universities. Our notice identifies Sept. 28 at 6 a.m. as the intended strike start.
Read the story →
BargainingSeptember 16, 2026
UW workers’ fight is our fight, too
Our SEIU 925 siblings at the University of Washington are organizing for fair pay and working conditions. Their fight connects with ours at OSU.
Read the story →
BargainingSeptember 15, 2026
Strike benefits update
Our union approved $80 per day in strike benefits, up to $400 per week, and a hardship fund for a potential Higher Education strike.
Read the story →
Who we are
Meet our union and leadership
1,454 workers keeping OSU—and Oregon—working.
Local 083 is SEIU Local 503's union for classified staff at Oregon State University. We are administrative staff, food service workers, custodians, IT professionals, researchers, tradespeople and many other coworkers building a fairer workplace together.
1,454represented OSU workers
36Oregon counties represented
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Contact us
Have a workplace question or need help finding the right contact? Our steward and executive teams are here to help.
Stewards Email: [email protected]
Leadership Email: [email protected]