The pledge is not a strike-authorization vote. It tells our bargaining team and management that workers reject the current offer and are ready to keep fighting.
Use these guides to understand your rights, protect your household and find help before any strike decision. They separate confirmed rules from open questions and welcome members and coworkers who are ready, unsure or skeptical.
Reviewed: July 20, 2026. This page does not announce a strike. Confirm any authorization, notice, start time or instructions through official updates from our union.
You do not have to settle every political question before protecting your finances, records and access to information.
Oregon’s legal strike process, protections against retaliation and the relevant parts of our contract.
A claim checklist, the strike-specific unpaid week, a possible waiting week on a new claim, the 2026 benefit limit, weekly requirements, SNAP and benefit cautions.
Current Corvallis food and shelter contacts plus statewide locators for all 36 Oregon counties.
A plain-language look at leverage, risks, alternatives and the questions a skeptical coworker may reasonably ask.
A short U.S. and Oregon timeline with primary and public-history sources.
A web guide cannot decide an individual legal, benefit or discipline question.
These guides do not announce a strike, tell anyone how to vote, guarantee eligibility for a public benefit or replace advice from our union’s representatives or attorneys. They make the questions understandable and the next steps easier to find.
We prioritize Oregon law, agency guidance, our contract and information from service providers. The review date shows when we last checked this guide.