November 2024 - Page 7

By JULIA SIVERMAN/The Oregonian/OregonLive ALBANY — Before last year’s prolonged 11-day educator walkout in Portland, teacher strikes had been few and far between in Oregon for decades. Now the state is seeing its second strike in a year, as teachers at Greater Albany Public Schools, which serves nearly 9,000 students, hit the picket line Tuesday. The two sides have been bargaining

By TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting CORVALLIS — After 14 months of contract negotiations, hundreds of OSU’s graduate student employees went on strike Tuesday. OSU’s Coalition of Graduate Employees represents more than 1,700 graduate teaching and research assistants at the university’s Corvallis campus. A wide majority of the union’s members voted to authorize a strike two weeks ago. More than 800 CGE