After both parties submitted their final offers on Oct. 27, the University of Oregon and the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation will attend another mediation session on Nov. 13.

The session will take place during the 30-day cool-off period following the GTFF’s vote to strike over issues such as paid leave and fair pay. Recently, the Student Labor Action Project has publicly supported the GTFF in their vote to strike, as well as United Academics, the University Senate and UO classified staff.

In their final offer, the GTFF proposed that GTFs receive two weeks of paid leave due to documented medical need and two paid weeks of leave during the 12 weeks of parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child in a 12 month period. The university offered 12 work weeks of unpaid leave in a 12 month period and did not offer any paid leave.

Addressing the issue of wages, the university offered to raise the minimum salary by 6.1 percent for level one GTFs and by three percent for levels two and three. Their previous offers were a three percent raise per year for two years to level one GTFs and three percent for levels two and three, or five percent in the first year and four percent in the second for all levels. The GTFF’s final offer still included a 5.5 percent raise for all three levels.

In addition to the mediation, there will be a rally held by the GTFF on Nov. 12 outside of Johnson hall from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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