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Demonstrators march after a rally at Johnson Hall in support of the University of Oregon United Academics on Nov. 13, 2024. After the rally, demonstrators marched to Chiles Hall, where UO and UA teams met for a bargaining session. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)
Updated 1:40 p.m.
On March 30, Angela Lauer Chong, vice president for student life, sent an email to students announcing that both UO and UA have reached a tentative agreement.
“University administration is incredibly grateful to the members of the UO and UA bargaining teams for their many hours of work to reach a tentative agreement,” Chong said.
The email also said that all spring term classes are scheduled to begin today, March 31.
“Classes will be held normally tomorrow, this week, and — assuming a successful ratification vote — throughout the spring term,” Mike Urbancic, UA president, said in an email statement to the Daily Emerald.
The tentative agreement comes after a year of negotiations and mediation sessions, with UA looking to secure a new contract with UO that included wage increase for faculty.
Following the agreement, the union has paused efforts to strike and will hold a ratification vote.
According to Urbancic, a ratification vote will take place over a three-day period this week, starting with today or April 1.
According to UO’s website, upon ratification, tenure-related faculty, career instructional faculty, career research faculty and limited term duration faculty will receive an across-the-board 4.5% increase in wages.
Effective Sept. 1, 2025, tenure related faculty will receive a 3.25% across-the-board increase in wages, while career instructional faculty will receive a 3.25% raise across the board plus 2% equity pool increase. In addition, there will be a 4.25% wage increase for career research faculty and 2% increases for limited term duration faculty.
Effective Sept. 1, 2026, there will be a 2% increase across the board for tenured-related faculty plus and a 3% merit pool. A 3% increase across the board for career instructional faculty, 3% increases across the board for career research faculty and 2% increases across the board for limited term duration faculty will also take effect Sept. 1 2026.
The tentative agreement also includes salary floor and review-related increase, and an increase for postdoctoral scholars.
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As of 7:55 p.m. tonight, United Academics of the University of Oregon has reached a tentative agreement with UO, pausing the possibility of a strike. UA members will now move to a ratification vote.
Stay with the Daily Emerald for further updates.