SEIU

Around 4,600 SEIU-represented staff at Oregon's seven public universities are preparing to walk off the job on Monday unless contract talks produce a deal. The threatened strike threatens disruption across the state's university campuses, affecting operations and services for students at the start of the week.

Around 4,600 SEIU-represented staff at Oregon's seven public universities are poised to begin a strike on Monday. The workers, who handle a range of campus support roles across the state's university system, are prepared to walk off the job amid stalled contract talks, a move that threatens to disrupt operations at campuses including the University of Oregon and Oregon State University at a sensitive point in the academic year.

The University of Rochester and SEIU union workers have agreed to a second short-term extension of their contract, putting off a resolution between the two sides. The extension keeps negotiations open and avoids an immediate work stoppage while talks continue over the terms of a new agreement covering the university's unionized employees.