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Lane County Fair Features County Republicans’ Booth Selling ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Shirts On July 23, this year’s Lane County Fair at the Lane Events Center in Eugene began. Since then, at least three separate posts on social media from astonished fairgoers have been published claiming …

NEW from DSM: The Lane County Republicans' booth at this year's Lane County Fair in #EugeneOR is selling t-shirts promoting Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz."

Read the county's response to the controversy and see the photos ⤵️

Student workers hold sit-in at Johnson Hall for fair contract, UO invites EPD to disperse them UO Student Workers reached one week of striking as of Monday, and they are still fighting for fair pay, and independent arbitration, among other issues. To increase the pressure on the administration the union held several actions including a sit in at Johnson Hall in the afternoon. Around 50 student workers independently decided to stay in the administration building after it closed to gurantee a fair contract while mediation was still ongoing. Ultimately the university invited the Eugene Police to clear them out. At 1 PM today student workers started their study-in at Johnson Hall to demand what they call enforceable anti-harrasment protections, through access to a third party arbitrator.

Student workers hold sit-in at Johnson Hall for fair contract, UO invites EPD to disperse them

Solidarity Forever!

UO student workers strike for fair pay, safe working conditions
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These two people could be credited for Springfield’s revival Look back at how downtown Springfield grew into a destination location, and specifically, the people who helped make it happen.

#EugeneOR #SpringfieldOR "grassroots" news outlet Lookout Eugene-Springfield published a full-on fluff piece for Lane County Commissioner David Loveall. It completely obfuscates any mention of Loveall's documented role in the local far-right.

Instead, they claim he will "revive" Springfield.

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CAHOOTS workers exploring separating program from White Bird Clinic Less than a week after the layoff of over twenty workers and the end of 35 years of CAHOOTS service in Eugene, panelists at a UO town hall said the crisis response team was exploring a separation from White Bird Clinic. Thursday April 10, a town hall hosted by the UO Department of Sociology pivoted from a research and community impact discussion to a forum of community frustration and ire over the program's collapse. CAHOOTS workers made a call to action for the people of Eugene to show up for each other while the team is unable to respond in the community.

After the closure of CAHOOTS in Eugene, workers suggest moving program out of White Bird may be the way to revive it.

UO community members call on university to protect international students
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Unemployment benefits for strikers? - NW Labor Press Bills to give striking workers the right to unemployment benefits are moving forward in Oregon and Washington.

Bills to give striking workers the right to unemployment benefits are moving forward in Oregon and Washington. | NW Labor Press

I really cooked my face at the rally today

I think I can guess which government agency is getting DOGE’d next.

NEW: 2024 union filings are in from a host of unions, here is the data on membership changes so far:

@seiu.org +101,000
@afscme.bsky.social +40,000
@unitehere.org +31,000
UFCW +18,000
@weareliuna.bsky.social +7,000
@uaw.org +5,000
@iuoe.bsky.social +4,000
@smart-union.bsky.social +4,000

Oregon House bill would shed light on university foundations The Oregon House Committee On Higher Education and Workforce Development will vote on whether or not to move forward a bill that will subject public university foundations to public records laws. House Bill 3213 is now scheduled for a work session on April 8 after the committee heard public testimony in late February. It is likely to be recommended for a vote before the end of this legislative session.

Oregon House bill would shed light on university foundations

UO student workers join faculty in authorizing strike UO Student Workers (UOSW) announced that their members authorized their bargaining team to call a strike. UOSW held week strike authorization vote that opened March 3 and ended last Friday. The union says that 2,476 of 4k student workers participated in the vote, and that 94% approved a strike authorization. The news was announced in a joint press release with United Academics (UA), whose strike authorization vote also ended on Friday.

UO student workers join faculty in authorizing strike

United Academics tells University it is ready to strike if needed

That’s a hell yeah brother

Screenshot of Balatro end screen stats showing new high score.

Ay, new high score in Balatro plus I beat Gold Stake on Nebula

UO Student Workers continue fight for fair contract, to launch strike authorization vote

📉 UO Faculty Pay is Falling Behind—It’s Time to Fight Back!

The University of Oregon is part of the prestigious American Association of Universities (AAU)—but our faculty salaries don’t reflect it.

Learn more: StrengthenUO.org

#StrengthenUO #UOregon

🚨NEWS: A temporary order has been issued blocking the Labor Dept. from sharing any data with DOGE, after a group of unions, including AFGE, sued DOGE and held a major protest outside DOL yesterday.

Here's the union's email:

Neighbors Feeding Neighbors says City's actions against it are unconstitutional

Two A15 pro-Palestinian protesters found not guilty of disorderly conduct

the only reason that tech was ever remotely left-coded was that in the early 2010s they consciously aligned themselves with what appeared to be the dominant political party. that meant large donations to Dems and nominal gestures toward diversity. as soon as the winds shifted they swung right.

A Zeteo response

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Welp, the pornbots have landed on Bluesky

I’ve done that fancy domain name as a username thing so now I’m @matthewog.me and I also set up @solidaritynews.org

It's all tied together and don't let them trick you into thinking it's for safety

DSA rallies for striking Franz workers during negotiations - Solidarity News On Friday, as Franz Bakery workers negotiated for a new contract at the Hilton Garden Inn, Eugene Springfield-DSA members picketed outside to show support and put pressure on the bakery. Around a doze...

DSA rallies for striking Franz workers during negotiations
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