Request for Solidarity: Oregon Health & Science University Postdocs Authorize a Strike!

 

From Portland Jobs with Justice:

Passing by a vote of 88%, roughly 250 postdoctoral researchers represented by Oregon AFSCME at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) voted 7/24 to authorize a strike if OHSU executives continue to offer scrimpy wages and benefits.The vote comes after nine months of OHSU refusing to offer a contract with fair wages, benefits and improved working conditions. With this vote, if necessary, postdoctoral researchers can deliver a 10-day notice to OHSU, indicating the start date of the strike.

“We are standing together for better pay, better benefits, and better working conditions. Our work helped OHSU get a record $600 million in research grants last year, but they refuse to offer us a penny above a nationally set minimum wage that doesn’t recognize the cost of living in Portland, said Paige Arneson-Wissink a Postdoctoral researcher in the study of pancreatic cancer. “What happens next is up to OHSU. If the executives don’t come to the table with a better offer that shows respect and recognition of the work we do every day, we will strike” continued Arneson-Wissink. Read more here.

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