Reports suggest school staff would have gone on strike if the deal hadn’t been cut, presenting a serious obstacle to the school’s ability to function for fall term. But a deal was indeed reached.
Portland TV station KATU has an article up about it. The first place I read it was UO Matters.
The contract includes 16 furlough days, more than the staff’s union hoped for, but fewer than the OUS pushed. In case you need to brush up on the history of this dispute, here’s our last article about it, and we should have another one up soon.