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GTFF VP of Membership Lissie Connors, GTFF Bargaining Team member Ben Mannix, GTFF President Leslie Selcer and GTFF VP of Communications Rose Inocencio-Smith pose in front of the GTFF office on Nov. 29. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Tentative Agreement with UO halts GTFF strike

Tarek Anthony January 15, 2024

On Monday, Jan. 15, GTFF announced that it had reached a tentative agreement with the University of Oregon on a new 3-year contract, avoiding a large-scale graduate employee strike that was slated to begin...

The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF) holds a rally before their planned strike on the grounds of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore., on Jan. 11, 2024. (Eric Becker/Emerald)

Everything students need to know about a possible GTFF strike

Daily Emerald News Desk January 15, 2024

Updates on a potential GTFF strike are ongoing. This article will be updated. Why are Graduate Employees going on strike? Since March 2023, GTFF — the union representing over 1,400 UO graduate employees...

GTFF, The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, gathered today in formal funeral attire to “eulogize” UO’s public promise to fair wages and treatment of graduate employees. (Lulu Devoulin/ Emerald)

UO implementing alternative course planning for looming GTFF strike

Tarek Anthony and Tyler Ortiz December 1, 2023

Update as of Dec. 1, 2:51 a.m.: The previous version of this article stated that students may receive a missing grade (x), they may in fact receive a temporary grade not a missing grade. The new version...

GTFF, The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, gathered today in formal funeral attire to “eulogize” UO’s public promise to fair wages and treatment of graduate employees. (Lulu Devoulin/ Emerald)

What happens in a GTFF strike?

Johnny Media November 12, 2023

On Friday, Nov. 3, members of GTFF voted on a strike authorization. The turnout for the vote was 1,019 members, according to GTFF. That vote for strike authorization allows the union to go on strike if...

Ricardo Friaz, GE in the Department of Philosophy, has the crowd repeat after him so everyone can hear his speech after GTFF is told they can no longer use a megaphone at the rally. Following the vote to authorize a strike, the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation holds a rally to demand a fair contract at Johnson Hall on Oct. 18, 2019. (Marissa Willke/Emerald)

What you need to know about the potential GTFF strike

Ryan Nguyen, Anakin Welp October 28, 2019

After nearly a year of bargaining for a new contract, and both sides coming closer to an agreement last Friday, the University of Oregon and its graduate employee union still aren’t out of the woods. On...

GTFF strike affects undergrads as finals week begins

Francesca Fontana December 7, 2014

Freshman Mack Veltman has been working on a paper for his journalism class for a month. However, when Veltman turned the essay in on Wednesday, Dec. 3 after the GTFF strike had begun, his J201 professor...

Garbage drivers won’t pick up UO’s trash if GTFF strike continues

Alexandra Wallachy December 4, 2014

The GTFF strike could result in a quite stinky campus. If an agreement isn’t reached between the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation and the university, University of Oregon’s garbage...

The GTFF strike continues, mediation will resume Friday

Alexandra Wallachy December 3, 2014

After three days of striking the latest mediation session between the GTFF and the University of Oregon administration did not yield an agreement. The GTFF will continue its strike until an agreement...

GTFF strike discussion dominates University Senate meeting

Alexandra Wallachy December 2, 2014

The GTFF strike made center stage at Wednesday’s University Senate. Undergraduates held cardboard signs with messages like ‘Occupy Johnson’ and ‘Don’t Fuck w/ My...

Video: GTFF Strike Day 1 Recap

Anastasia Yurishcheva December 2, 2014

University of Oregon’s Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF) officially went on strike Tuesday, December 2nd. The next mediation is scheduled for Thursday, December 4th. Follow Stacy Yurishcheva...

Day 1 of the GTFF strike ends, mediation will resume on Thursday

Francesca Fontana December 1, 2014

As social media flooded with posts from students about cancelled classes and discussion sections, the GTFs’ first day of striking is over. Today several members of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation...

Social media reacts to the GTFF strike

Alexandra Wallachy December 1, 2014

Following the GTFF strike? Check out the Daily Emerald’s coverage, this post will be updated with more social media reactions to the GTFF strike. [View the story “Social media reacts to...

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