Dozens of graduate employees at Oregon State University rallied outside the university’s administrative offices Thursday, June 5, because they say some workers are owed at least $17,000 in backpay.
It appears to stem from a disagreement over when their latest contract was ratified.
The Coalition of Graduate Employees, the union representing around 1,700 graduate workers, argues OSU failed to give retroactive pay increases to all eligible employees, as promised in their contract…