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The Daily Barometer

CGE strikers chant in front of the Memorial Union on Nov. 22, 2024. After over a year since the CGE initiated their strike, Oregon State University has decided to pay in full.

University settles with graduate labor union

Kip Franich, ASOSU Beat Reporter
February 3, 2026

After the Coalition of Graduate Employees threatened to go to arbitration over the withholding of back pay for graduate workers from the 2024 strike, the university has decided to pay in full. According...

Austin Bosgraaf, a fifth-year mathematics PhD student and former president of the Coalition of Graduate Employees, at a practice picket at Oregon State University on Oct. 16, 2024. OSU changed the healthcare company in CGE's contracts, which concerned graduate students looking for medical providers that became out of network.

‘Put their money where their mouth is’

OSU graduate students demand accountability
Marina Kandas, Reporter
July 14, 2025

Over half a year after the ratification of a new contract between Oregon State University and the Coalition of Graduate Employees following a long-term strike, OSU is still facing accusations by graduate...

At the time that this picture was taken, the Coalition of Graduate Employees circles the Kerr Administration building as a bargaining session between CGE and OSU occurs on Dec. 6. The two parties came to tentative agreement Friday.

CGE ratifies wage agreement

Kip Franich, Reporter
December 10, 2024

The Coalition of Graduate Employees had two days to vote on whether to accept the tentative agreement made with Oregon State University representatives on Friday; the vote passed Monday with 93% of union...

The Coalition of Graduate Employees strikes on Tuesday, Nov. 12, after negotiations with Oregon State University did not meet expectations.

CGE, OSU negotiations at standstill

Kip Franich, Reporter
November 20, 2024

The mediation between Oregon State University and the Coalition of Graduate Employees over increased salaries for graduate employees on Monday ended at an impasse, with neither side willing to budge. According...

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