Student sit-in supporting teachers on December 15 and a higher ed worker support rally at WOU on 12/15 also

This student support action will take place at the same time as a rally at Western Oregon University supporting classified staff who are having a hard time in their union contract negotiations. Go to one or go to the other event if you possibly can, but please do something to stand in solidarity with our union siblings, youth and community members. We need a strong solidarity movement in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties to follow through with these actions.

Here is a message from a SEIU Local 503, OPEU activist describing the dimensions of the union's efforts in higher ed:

We at SEIU 503 hope you are well and can take a moment to check out our Community Support Petition linked below.

Our 4,500 repped classified workers at the Seven Oregon Public Universities are in a very tough bargain and hope you can sign off on this support request. Classified workers are the non-teaching campus staff who make the Universities run on time – in academic support; IT; housing; health centers; food services; admissions; facilities; grounds and more. And we hope you can share with your allied folks in the coming days and weeks. It will be an important message to eventually send to the University Presidents; their Trustees and the University communities – as well as the bargaining table where we are finding some serious roadblocks.

Our members have bargained and held boisterous rallies this fall at campuses at OIT in K-Falls; U of O in Eugene and OSU in Corvallis and have plans for a big rally this Friday at PSU (12pm at the Urban Plaza – 1819 SW 5th Ave PDX – on campus) and then at WOU in Monmouth on Friday, December 15th at noon as well.

Click here to support and sign on: https://bit.ly/47GurBt