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Update: As of Tuesday, April 4, OT-AAUP reached an agreement with the administration to negotiate a union contract, ending the Oregon Tech strike.   Faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) went on strike on April 26, marking the first faculty-wide strike in Oregon higher-education histor

UPDATED: Tues., May 4, 1:55 p.m. ... The historic Oregon Tech faculty strike ended early this morning. After nearly 18 months of negotiations, Oregon Tech

Union sends Oregon Tech faculty back to work with sellout agreement On Tuesday, Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) and the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) reached a tentative agreement to end an eight-day strike of roughly 158 faculty members. Faculty voted by 92 percent to authorize the strike in early April after more than one year of negotiations failed to reach an agreement on basic demands for “fair wages, secure benefits, and a reasonable and ...

After historic strike, Oregon Tech faculty reach labor deal with university The strike, the first ever at a public Oregon university, capped off more than 500 days of negotiations. Author: Maggie Vespa Updated: 7:24 PM PDT May 4, 2021 WILSONVILLE, Ore. — After eight days on strike and more than 500 days in negotiations, the union representing faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) reached a tentative labor agreement with the university. The email t...

/ Sean St. Clair, president of Oregon Tech American Association of University Professors (AAUP), is hoping for a settlement with university administration any day but offered no guarantees on Monday, in what is the second week of a historic strike at the university. The faculty union and university administration say a deal could come "any day now," but the union insists that, until then, the strike will continue. Negotiations were expected to edge closer to a contract on Monday morning, as th...

Oregon Tech and Faculty Union reach tentative agreement on the inaugural contract All Locations May 4, 2021 A five-year contract was agreed between Oregon Tech and its Faculty Union early Tuesday morning (May 4, 2021). Both parties came to terms after 1 year, 4 months and 28 days of negotiations. Inaugural contracts are known to take a very long time to come to fruition, and these negotiations vastly occurred during a global pandemic. Tentative agreements were reached on all remaining p...

Classes could resume as soon as Wednesday morning. UPDATED: Tues., May 4, 1:55 p.m. ... The historic Oregon Tech faculty strike ended early this morning. After nearly 18 months of negotiations, Oregon Tech and its faculty union have finally settled on a tentative contract. The union — Oregon Tech - American Association of University Professors — officially reached the agreement with the administration on a contract early Tuesday morning. In an early morning email, the union celebrated what...

Oregon Tech leadership, faculty union agree on inaugural contract The Oregon Institute of Technologys senior leadership and faculty union have reached an agreement on an inaugural contract. This comes after over a year of negotiations between both sides. Posted: May 4, 2021 5:20 AM Updated: May 4, 2021 10:39 AM Posted By: Jayda McClendon KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- The Oregon Institute of Technologys senior leadership and faculty union have reached a tentative agreement on an inaugural contract. Th...

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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon Technical Institute continues to negotiate with a union representing teachers and faculty. The faculty union at the Oregon Institute of Technology went on strike at the beginning of last week, making it the first public college faculty to ever go on strike in Oregon. The strike, organized through Oregon Tech – American Association of University Professors (OT-AAUP), said it’s demanding fair wages, secure benefits and a reasonable, clearly defined workload. “...