EUGENE, Ore. — The union for about 1,500 graduate teaching assistants at the University of Oregon announced it’s striking Tuesday, after talks on a new contract stalled.
The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation is striking for the first time in 38 years at the campus in Eugene.
The Register-Guard reports graduate students provide about one-third of the instruction to undergraduate students.
The strike hits in the last two weeks of fall term when papers and exams pile up and need grading.
