BARGAINING UPDATE
Fighting for Higher Education
By SEIU 503 Comms via Jax SN Johnson Communications Chair 083
Last updated:
Created: 2025-12-15
Published: 2025-12-15
Updated: 2026-02-13
Bargaining Is Underway
As Classified workers at Oregon’s Public Universities, we are the foundation of higher education! We unite in support of the bargaining priorities you submitted to our bargaining team.
The Higher Education petition is now closed. Bargaining has begun, and the priorities below are what workers are fighting for at the table:
- Economics: Fair wages that keep up with cost of living.
- Benefit Protections: Affordable health insurance and strong PERS contributions.
- Workload: Sustainable workloads, remote work equity, and employment protections.
- Union Power: Mandatory New employee orientations, union communication access to new hires, and stronger layoff language.
Ready to make a difference?
Bargaining has begun. Stay connected for the latest updates, schedules, and ways to show solidarity.
View Bargaining UpdatesWhen we stand together, we are powerful. With all of us united, there is nothing we can’t win.
In unity,
Jo Hickerson
Chair, EOU
Donatellia “D” Austin
OSU
Jamie Baker
EOU
Jeff Daniels
OIT
Colleen Martin-Low
SOU
Rieley Umphress
UO
Ashley Wase
PSU
Mark Decker
WOU