Coalition of Graduate Employees

Coalition of Graduate Employees CGE is a labor union made up of the collective power of graduate student workers at Oregon State University.

Join CGE for Trivia Night this Saturday at Common Fields! Get one free pitcher of beer/cider per team, free food, and pr...
03/11/2025

Join CGE for Trivia Night this Saturday at Common Fields! Get one free pitcher of beer/cider per team, free food, and prizes! Come test you knowledge and meet your fellow workers!!

Join CGE and WestM on Tuesday, February 25th from 12-1:30 pm for a free community defense training. We’ll be watching th...
02/14/2025

Join CGE and WestM on Tuesday, February 25th from 12-1:30 pm for a free community defense training. We’ll be watching the National Immigration Project’s webinar “Community Defender Training: Unmasking Expedited Removal: What You Need to Know to Fight Back” and having a community discussion. Meet in the McLean room at WestM and bring a friend. No need to register, but for more information check out their website (nipnlg.org/events/community-trainings)!

Our Winter General Membership Meeting (GMM) is this Wednesday, February 12th, at 5-7pm in LINC 128!At the GMM, we’ll hav...
02/10/2025

Our Winter General Membership Meeting (GMM) is this Wednesday, February 12th, at 5-7pm in LINC 128!

At the GMM, we’ll have the usual officer updates from our Executive Council, as well as time for members to meet each other and make organizing plans together. We will also be discussing Steward Nominations for next year! GMMs are an essential part of our continued organizing, and are a great place to meet and organize with both leadership and membership outside of your department. Staying involved and staying informed is how members can keep our union strong. Talk to your friends and coworkers about coming together!

On Monday, February 24th at 5-8pm in the Westminster House McLean Room, join OSU’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies;...
02/10/2025

On Monday, February 24th at 5-8pm in the Westminster House McLean Room, join OSU’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Q***r Studies; Graduate Student Association; and CGE for a screening of Matthew Warchus’ 2014 film Pride! Come meet your fellow workers and watch the true story of the q***r activists who helped raise money for the families of strikers in the British miner’s strike of 1984!

CGE CONTRACT RATIFICATION DANCE PARTY!?January 3rd (this Friday!) at Bombs Away Cafe! Join us from 8pm to midnight with ...
12/31/2024

CGE CONTRACT RATIFICATION DANCE PARTY!?

January 3rd (this Friday!) at Bombs Away Cafe! Join us from 8pm to midnight with DJs Phoray and

Free for CGE members and $5 suggested donation for non-CGE members!

CONTRACT RATIFIED!93%of union members who voted said “YES” to accepting our new contract!Our new contract is effective i...
12/10/2024

CONTRACT RATIFIED!

93%of union members who voted said “YES” to accepting our new contract!

Our new contract is effective immediately!

We won...

3 year Term of Agreement

13% increase to the minimum salary

3% raise for returning grads this year, more raises each year after

$200 increase to SEVIS/visa reimbursement

$105 increase to DACA fee reimbursement

30 day notices for layoffs

10 day extension in grievance timeline

Protections against discrimination for caste and preferred names

And more!

To every grad who helped us fight, who risked missing pay, who picketed for hours in the rain, who chanted, marched, and organized with us, and most importantly, who stood in solidarity with their fellow workers: we could not have done this without you. THANK YOU.

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED! RATIFICATION VOTE IS LIVE! On Friday, 12/6, our Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreeme...
12/08/2024

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED! RATIFICATION VOTE IS LIVE! On Friday, 12/6, our Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreement with OSU. Membership now votes on whether to ratify the proposed contract!

Yesterday evening, all full dues-paying members were sent a link to the Ratification Vote from OpaVote to their OSU emails.

The voting link includes the full text of the proposed contract, and a brief summary of wins.

The vote closes Monday 12/9 at 11:59pm! If you have questions, please reach out to your stewards!

EMERGENCY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING!! As you all saw in CGE President Austin’s email last night, we reached a Tentative...
12/07/2024

EMERGENCY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING!! As you all saw in CGE President Austin’s email last night, we reached a Tentative Agreement with OSU! At GMM, we will talk about the details of this contract and ratification voting. We need as many workers as possible there!!

GMM at 3pm today in LINC 100

Is this the Krusty Krab? No!Is this the Krusty Krab?! NO!Is this a sit-in at Kerr? YES!We’ll be here all day, and everyo...
12/06/2024

Is this the Krusty Krab? No!
Is this the Krusty Krab?! NO!
Is this a sit-in at Kerr? YES!
We’ll be here all day, and everyone is welcome to join us!
We won’t leave until OSU gives us the fair contract we deserve

🚨 Mediation Day!!!🚨 Tomorrow, our bargaining team has mediation starting at 9:30 am. Let’s show OSU we still mean busine...
12/06/2024

🚨 Mediation Day!!!🚨 Tomorrow, our bargaining team has mediation starting at 9:30 am. Let’s show OSU we still mean business 💼 wear your pink shirts 👚 and any other pink you can manage! We won’t have a work-in tomorrow since we need a big showing on the picket line! See you squids there 🦑

Join us tomorrow in front of the MU at 11:45 fam or a direct action planning meeting! 💥 Let’s strategize how to dismantl...
12/05/2024

Join us tomorrow in front of the MU at 11:45 fam or a direct action planning meeting! 💥 Let’s strategize how to dismantle the oppressive establishment, board by board, brick by brick. Together, we’re building a better future. ✊

Tomorrow’s schedule!! We need a critical mass of people at the early bird picket, so please make sure to come if you can...
12/05/2024

Tomorrow’s schedule!! We need a critical mass of people at the early bird picket, so please make sure to come if you can! Bring your friends and coworkers!

The Early Bird Gets the Worm! 🪱✨ come see some worms and join us tomorrow (Thursday 12/5/24) at 8:30 AM for some direct...
12/04/2024

The Early Bird Gets the Worm! 🪱✨ come see some worms and join us tomorrow (Thursday 12/5/24) at 8:30 AM for some direct action that even an Alaskan Bull Worm couldn’t stop! 🐛💪 Meet at West M to show them what real solidarity looks like. See you bright and early—don’t let them wriggle away from our demands! More information will be provided Thursday morning at West M!

Tomorrow’s schedule! Come get trained, work, and picket with your friends, coworkers, and fellow grads in solidarity!!
12/04/2024

Tomorrow’s schedule! Come get trained, work, and picket with your friends, coworkers, and fellow grads in solidarity!!

PICKETING SCHEDULE TOMORROW!! Come learn, work, and picket with your coworkers and friends!Organizer Training in Westmin...
12/03/2024

PICKETING SCHEDULE TOMORROW!! Come learn, work, and picket with your coworkers and friends!

Organizer Training in Westminster House 10am-12pm
Work-In at Valley Library 12pm-2pm
Picket at Valley Library 2pm-4pm

🚨 Are ya ready grads?! 🚨 Join us today at Kerr from 10 am to 4 pm for another day of picketing!
12/02/2024

🚨 Are ya ready grads?! 🚨 Join us today at Kerr from 10 am to 4 pm for another day of picketing!

Join us for another work-in tomorrow (11/26) from 10 am to 4 pm at the Memorial Union and Linus Pauling Science Center (...
11/26/2024

Join us for another work-in tomorrow (11/26) from 10 am to 4 pm at the Memorial Union and Linus Pauling Science Center (2900 SW Campus Way)!
Bring your thesis, dissertation, or course work, and find an organizer at these locations in a pink vest!

We’ll be organizing again tomorrow!! There will be no picket for the rest of this week.
11/26/2024

We’ll be organizing again tomorrow!! There will be no picket for the rest of this week.

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Live from the picket line!

DAY ONE OF STRIKE!! WE ARE SHUTTING IT DOWN!!

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT! UNITED WE BARGAIN, DIVIDED WE BEG! SOLIDARITY FOREVER! OSU, CGE IS COMING FOR YOU!

Last talks of the day! Thanks everyone for all your support 🩷✊

IF WE DON'T GET IT SHUT IT DOWN

Another banger speech from Luke!

Round one and two of speeches at Kerr!!

Like this post if you think grads shouldn’t pay their entire salaries to rent #unionstrong💪 #rent #oregon

OSU has the money, it’s just that our financial security isn’t a priority to them 💔💸

Here's a recap from today's marathon bargaining session from B-Team member Ashton! Mediation is in the near future and there will be more details to come!

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Part 3 Bargaining Recap from yesterday!

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