Dennis wrote:
>Incidentally, the GTFF here in Eugene, Oregon just won a settlement with
>the University. We ran a mongo campaign, with media, rallies, mass
>petitions, lobbying, faculty and undergrad support, plus lots of
>networking with OPEU, the public sector union here. Bottom line is, they
>caved -- the University is nearly doubling their contributions to our
>health insurance, plus they're beginning to subsidize coverage for summer
>adjuncts as well as partners/dependents of grads, for the first time ever.
>We had to trade minimal salary increases to get this, but it's still a
>10-12% boost in total compensation over two years, the largest annual
>increases grads have gotten in the history of this union. Unions work!
Congratulations, Dennis. After our last contract negotiations, we were pretty happy to get the board of regents to admit that yeah, it would be good for grad ass'ts to have health insurance benefits. I'm guessing Oregon isn't a right-to-work state...
frances