classified workers

Oregon's public universities and their classified workers have narrowly avoided a strike, reaching an agreement just before the planned job action, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. Classified staff — the non-faculty employees who keep campuses running — had been in contentious contract negotiations, and a walkout would have disrupted operations across the state's seven public universities.

Oregon's public universities have reached a tentative agreement with classified workers, headed off a strike that had threatened campuses statewide. The deal resolves contract negotiations with support staff who had been preparing to walk off the job. Details of the agreement have not yet been fully released, and ratification votes by union members are expected before the contract takes effect.