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After more than a week, the University of Oregon and its student workers union have reached a tentative agreement. The students will return to their jobs beginning Friday and a vote on the agreement will be held over the next week.
The University of Oregon and its striking student workers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday night, and the workers are due to return to their jobs Friday.
A ratification vote on the contract is scheduled in the coming week.
The University of Oregon Student Workers (UOSW) said in a press release that details of the agreement will be released after the union’s ratification vote. According to the Daily Emerald‘s reporting, UO and student workers agreed on $16 an hour as minimum base pay.
Izzie Marshall, student worker and UOSW bargaining team member, said in an email to Lookout that the contract has “enforceable protections against harassment and discrimination, raises for thousands of student workers, and legally binding rights across campus jobs.”
According to UOSW’s release, the union is the first campuswide undergraduate student union in the United States to win a union contract.
“We are grateful to the members of the UO and UOSW bargaining teams for the many hours they worked together to reach this agreement,” said Mark Schmelz, UO vice president and chief human resources officer, in the statement. “Negotiating an initial contract is inherently complicated. Nevertheless, the bargaining teams found a path forward that will serve the shared interest of our university community.”
Since the strike began April 28, student workers performed peaceful demonstrations across campus, including a late-night sit-in May 5 at Johnson Hall, but UO administrators are also investigating incidents of vandalism, harassment, disruption of campus events and damage to campus police vehicles.
“We recognize that the labor strike was an unexpected challenge for many this spring, and we extend our sincere gratitude for your patience and resilience as we sought to find a balance between managing operations and maintaining safety for all while also supporting the free expression of student workers,” Schmelz said.
