How you can help:
- Write the University Administration and the Board of Trustees urging them to settle a fair contract
- Sign the community solidarity pledge
- Donate to the strike fund
Background:
Since June, PSU-AAUP members have been bargaining upwards of 170 hours to have their needs met. On the table are cost of living adjustments, multilingual pay differentials, salary progression for workers who have no promotion paths, layoff protections, cost of living increases to be able to afford to live where we teach, support for research-funded workers who’s funding is being attacked by the Trump administration, and more.
Despite practice pickets, Board of Trustees speakouts, and public letters of support from Oregon State Treasurer Steiner, Rep Muñoz, Portland City Councilors Morillo, Koyama-Lane, Green, and Avalos, the Cudd Administration remains intransigent. Workers could strike as early as March 31.
With over $1B spent since 2010 on construction and developers and construction CEO holding sway over the PSU Board of Trustees and PSU Foundation, it is clear: the University’s priorities are in the wrong place. Instead of prioritizing and investing in students, Administration and the Board are hurting students and are hurting the workers who support students to thrive.