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 to KGW came around 1 a.m. Tuesday. “We have a contract,” wrote vice president for institutional advancement Ken Fincher. The five-year contract begins retroactively in 2020 and lasts through June 2025. It still needs to be ratified by union members, OIT’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors.