This year Local 328 became a supporting member of Higher Labor Education United (HELU). HELU is a national coalition of higher education unions that want to see higher education treated and funded as a social good and universal right. Everyone in this country should have access to quality free higher education that also supports the livelihoods of campus workers from staff to faculty.
Read MoreThe Diversity Equity Inclusion Committee was established in 2019. As the first chair, there was no template for me to follow, so I spent months researching how unions could engage in DEI work and figuring it out as I go. I’ve spent the last few years laying a foundation that will hopefully foster future work. I’ve learned a lot doing this work, met a lot of people from across the university, and the Portland labor movement.
Read MoreI am Julien Carson, a research assistant at the Knight Cancer Institute and an organizing member of OHSU Research Workers United (RWU) and I am writing to ask for your support in demanding that OHSU cover the cost of recent pay increases for research workers to avoid layoffs.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, March 28, our union will hold our second annual 328 Day! Join us at the Mac Hall fountain or at the South Waterfront (at S. Curry and S. Moody) from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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