...Strike ends at UO
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pay $50 a year per grad student to fill
the fund, which would amount to about
$150,000 a year. Rules for the fund
will be drawn up by a seven-member
committee, with two members each
appointed by GTFF and the UO ad-
ministration, one member by the fac-
ulty senate, and two non-working
graduate students elected by the gradu-
ate student body. When the dean de-
nies an applicant’s claim, the commit-
tee will also hear appeals and make
non-binding recommendations to the
university president, who will make
the final decision.
“It’s good that we have increased
oversight, but we would have been
happier with a guarantee,” said GTFF
Vice President Richard Wagner, a
graduate teaching fellow in the Physics
department.
“People are every excited to get
back to work,” Wagner said. “A lot of
members were very torn having to
walk away from their students in order
to stand up for their colleagues.”
The strike threw plans for final ex-
ams into chaos. Grad students teach
about a third of classes at UO, and in
classes taught by professors, they lead
discussion groups, run labs, and proc-
tor exams. The UO administration tried
to get academics and others to do the
work of strikers, with mixed results.
Supporters of striking University of
Oregon grad students picket Dec. 9
outside UO’s Portland branch
campus.
Exams went forward in some classes
and were cancelled in others, with stu-
dents getting grades based on previous
work. In still other cases, exams were
made optional.
“It was a very messy fight, and it’s
going to be a tough road to get trust
back,” Wagner said.
Our members have
the power to make
the season bright.
Enjoy Your Holiday Season
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IBEW Local 125
17200 NE Sacramento, Portland, OR
503-262-9125
DECEMBER 19, 2014
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
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