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SEIU 503 HIGHER ED BARGAINING UPDATE Read in Spanish

OSU workers rally as bargaining continues

OSU workers marched in support of our bargaining team as both sides exchanged proposals on economics, worker rights and workplace protections.

By SEIU 503 Higher Ed Bargaining Team

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Oregon State University workers rally in support of the higher education bargaining team.
Image courtesy of SEIU Local 503.

We met with management this week on March 30 and 31 at OSU for another two days of bargaining.

Thank you to all the OSU workers that showed up for the rally in support of the bargaining team. Special thanks to OSU’s outgoing Sublocal 083 Union President Russ Born, 083 President Elect Jax Johnson, 083 VP Elect James Pravis, Jackson Brenner-Smith from the OSU Valley Library, and Dan from the UAOSU Faculty Union. We would also like to thank the classified staff and student workers at the LaSells Stewart Center who supported us during negotiations. Your team truly felt the solidarity from all these groups and the loud march was hard to ignore on campus!

Union Proposals

We passed proposals on the following articles:

  • Article 19 (No Discrimination) We rejected mgmt proposal to remove grievance process from discrimination cases; added sections on stewards, LMC and Transgender Rights.
  • Article 28 (Affirmative Action) Updated language on non-discriminatory hiring practices and support for diverse applicant pools.
  • Creating a new article: Article 66 (Immigration and Identity Protections): Proposed safeguards for workers that may experience verification/reverification processes, no-match letters, change in name/social security number, and worksite raids and wrongful detention.

Management

Rejected Union proposals on:

  • Article 2 (Recognition) Deals with use of temp employees.
  • Article 54 (Computer Work Stations) Deals with digital monitoring.

Passed counter proposals on:

  • Article 16 (Personnel Records) Deals with retention of records and access for stewards.
  • Article 57 (Uniforms, Protective Clothing and Tools) Deals with accessing appropriate uniforms and gear, and maintaining tools.
  • Article 59 (Technological Change/Retraining)

Thanks to the folks that continue to show up on Zoom to observe bargaining and support our team at the table. We feel your support during these challenging sessions.

Next Bargaining Session

We will be in Bend at the OSU-Cascades campus on April 23 and 24. We’ll share information about a rally on that campus soon. In the meantime, keep purpling up to show your union pride. Especially on days that we are bargaining.

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Source note

This update was originally published by the SEIU 503 Higher Ed Bargaining Team and is republished here in Local 083's news format. View the original bargaining page.