Graduate Employee Union at University of Oregon. Fighting for fair, safe, and democratic working conditions since 1976 ❤️🔥 AFT Local 3544 #UOWorksBecauseWeDo
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ALT ALT TEXT Slide 1 - Blue graphic with red border and red pie chart in the middle, featuring a transparent GTFF logo. The text reads: "GTFF members have voted 95% yes with 81% member participation to ratify our contract!"
ALT Slide 2 - White graphic with blue border and red title, as well as a "GEs Deserve Dignity" campaign logo. The text reads: "HISTORIC WINS INCLUDE: → Cumulative raises of 19 to 45% over 3 years (depending on GE level, rate, FTE) → New Caregiver and International GE articles to provide targeted support → New nondiscrimination, disability, and other workplace protections → Expanded hardship funds/eligibility + 4 more weeks of Family/Medical Leave → Increased FTE minimums (both summer & AY) and summer health insurance split ...and so much more!"
ALT Slide 3 - White graphic with red border and blue title, as well as a "GEs Deserve Dignity" logo and GTFF collective bargaining logo. The text reads: "WORKER POWER WINS! All of our contract wins were made possible by our members’ collective actions & solidarity! Our members led this fight, and we are proud to say that this contract will be transformative for thousands of GEs—today and in the future!"
ALT Slide 4 - White graphic with blue border and red text accents. The "GEs Deserve Dignity" logo and GTFF collective bargaining logo are also included. The text reads "FOR FULL DETAILS, SEE OUR VOTER’S GUIDE TO GTFF’S NEW CONTRACT: gtff3544.net/news" There is also text with press contact information reading "Press? Contact [email protected]"
ALT The top of the slide is blue and has a GTFF logo in the top left corner. The rest of the top part reads “Solidarity Spotlight: Members standing for free speech!” The bottom part of the slide has a photo of people standing outside, some of them are holding signs that read “Legalize chalk” and “Stand up for your rights while you have them.”
ALT A black slide with a white border and white text that reads ,“Solidarity spotlight is a new recurring series on the GTFF instagram. Through this series, we hope to highlight both local and global organizing efforts that seek to better the lives of working class and oppressed peoples. If you want to suggest a topic or are interested in collaborating on a post, please direct message this account or email [email protected].” The bottom of the slide has the GTFF logo.
ALT 1/ Red and white text on a black background reading: "We are seeing increasingly alarming attacks on protected academic free speech at the UO. Messages sent out by UO this week have encouraged students to report instructors discussing current events on campus. These restrictions and forms of surveillance run counter to law and to university policy. GTFF is providing Know Your Rights resources and support to help you protect yourself and your colleagues.
ALT 2/ Red and black text on a white background reading: "On Monday, May 6, the University of Oregon sent out at least two different emails which were thinly veiled invitations for students to report GE and faculty instructors who are exercising their right to academic free speech in the classroom. Since these emails went out, we have noted a significant uptick in instructors being contacted by higher area administrators (notably, not their direct supervisors or unit heads) suggesting that they refrain from raising political issues and current events in their course, unless presented with both sides of every issue".
ALT 5/ Some important points to remember to help protect you and your colleagues: You have the right to union representation in ANY meeting that MIGHT result in disciplinary action against you. Document and save all communications related to these issues off UO mail server, and send them to [email protected]. Be aware that students are being encouraged to report on instructors referencing to events/actions on campus. Know Your Rights! See the GTFF newsletter and website for resources on academic free speech at the UO, as well as more KYR info about protest rights for domestic and international GEs.
ALT 6/ GTFF RESOURCES: gtff3544.net/resources/academic-free-speech gtff3544.net/resources/protest-rights-for-international-ges gtff3544.net/solidarity-palestine-protests/#resources
ALT ALT: Photos of the presidents/elected leaders of each campus union (UO Student Workers, SEIU, GTFF, United Academics) delivering the letter to the UO President at Johnson Hall
ALT ALT: Photos of the presidents/elected leaders of each campus union (UO Student Workers, SEIU, GTFF, United Academics) delivering the letter to the UO President at Johnson Hall
ALT full text available: https://gtff3544.net/campus-unions-stand-against-repression/
ALT ALT 1 / Grey graphic with white GTFF logo watermark. Title, in red, reads: "Solidarity with Palestine and Condemning Police Repression of Anti-War Student Protests". Text, in black, reads: "As leaders of a graduate student labor union, GTFF’s Executive Board believes in defending academic freedom and the right to protest. We absolutely condemn the use of police violence and other forms of repression against student protesters on college campuses across the nation. Moreover, we collectively demand that the University of Oregon and local police act peacefully towards the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and student protesters on our own campus. We are disgusted by the sight of other university administrations choosing to visit police brutality upon their own students, and we urge our leaders at the UO to choose differently."
ALT ALT 2 / Grey graphic with white GTFF logo watermark. Text reads: "Additionally, we would like to share some informational resources on the rights of students and workers who may be participating in protest actions. While we cannot officially endorse certain types of protests/actions, we encourage any of our members who choose to participate in any form of protest to exercise good judgment, mutual respect for other community members, and appropriate individual risk-management. You can read our full statement and learn more about your rights as a student, a worker, and a protester at: gtff3544.net/news" ALT 3 / Grey graphic with white GTFF logo watermark. Text reads: "Labor unions like ours (especially ones which draw power in large part from student activism) undeniably have a role to play in the broader global struggle for justice and liberation. As workers and human beings, we recognize and honor the dignity and humanity of all peoples, including the people of Palestine–none of us
ALT ALT 3 / Grey graphic with white GTFF logo watermark. Text reads: "Labor unions like ours (especially ones which draw power in large part from student activism) undeniably have a role to play in the broader global struggle for justice and liberation. As workers and human beings, we recognize and honor the dignity and humanity of all peoples, including the people of Palestine–none of us will be truly free until all of us are free."
ALT Slide 4 - A semi-transparent graphic overlaying an image of hundreds of GTFF members gathered on the EMU green with picket signs. Text reads: "Community was key to growing our strike threat". Below this, statistics are given: "65+ Contract Action Team & Mutual Aid meetings to strategize & build strike support"; "134 Strike Fund Donations (over $20,000 raised + $100,000 pledged)"; "32 bargaining sessions with live updates shared to members and allies"; "227 organizations, allies, & officials sent support letters to UO". At the bottom of the graphic is a "GEs Deserve Dignity" logo.
