Oregon Institute of Technology asks state agency to declare tentative faculty strike unlawful

The Oregon Institute of Technology filed a petition Wednesday with the Oregon Employment Relations Board, asking the agency to declare a tentative faculty strike unlawful.

Earlier this month OIT’s faculty union, a chapter of the American Association of University Professors, declared its intention to strike. That declaration came as the union and university had been bargaining for 16 months.

If the union strikes — it said it will if an agreement is not reached by this coming Monday — it would be the first public university faculty union in Oregon ever to do so.

Along with its petition to the Oregon Employment Relations Board, OIT has also filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the faculty union, claiming numerous instances where the faculty union has not bargained or acted in good faith.

Read more: https://www.opb.org/article/2021/04/22/oregon-institute-technology-tentative-faculty-strike-dispute/