Members of the Oregon Tech faculty union are joined by students during a strike for better wages and benefits in front of their facility on Chemeketa Community College’s campus on Monday, April 26, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Faculty with the Oregon Institute of Technology, including five in Salem, will end their strike Wednesday at midnight after reaching a tentative contract agreement, the faculty union announced Tuesday.
Members of the Oregon Tech chapter of the American Association of University Professors have been on strike since April 26 after the union said efforts to negotiate their first contract with the university had stalled after more than a year of bargaining.
The strike included Salem faculty in the Oregon Tech dental hygiene program which is housed on the Chemeketa Community College campus.
In an email to members Tuesday, the union said the tentative agreement included guaranteed wage increases, secure benefits and progress toward crediting faculty for work advising large numbers of students and other non-instructional duties.
-Rachel Alexander
