University of Oregon Young Democratic Socialists

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University of Oregon Young Democratic Socialists is a Eugene Oregon affiliate of Young Democratic Socialists of America.

Student organizing

According to Porter Wheeler of the University of Oregon Young Democratic Socialists, the student workers at the University of Oregon (UO) are organizing, and if successful, this union will be the largest undergraduate labor union in the United States. A wall-to-wall union comprised of over 3,800 workers spread across dorms, dining halls, information desks, and other workplaces.

This massive labor campaign is part of a wider national movement to organize college campuses. Students, and young people broadly, recognize the unfair economic order they’ve been born into and have seen how it treated their parents. Faced with meager wages, high rents, and student loan debt, young people are increasingly turning to the labor movement, as unions have reached their highest approval rating in decades.

The official demands of the University of Oregon Student Workers (UOSW) are higher wages, a two-week pay period, increased scheduling flexibility, and workplace anti-harassment measures. Individual workplaces have also set up committees and hope to win more specific benefits, like mental health resources for resident assistants (RAs).

Student organizer Elizabeth White remarked, “We are standing at a pivotal point in the current labor movement. We’ve used our collective power to get to this point, and we will continue to use it to create tangible change on our campus and to empower others to do the same”.

Since the union campaign went public the organizers have had to deal with union-busting and unfair labor practices from the university. Campus workplaces regularly had union posters taken down, workers were told they could not sign cards in public spaces, and a lead organizer, Will Garrahan, was fired from his dining hall job. The university also intentionally did not provide an accurate listing of all student workers, instead providing a list of just 700 that did not include essential positions like dining and office workers, tour guides, tutors, research assistants, and resident assistants.

“If we succeed, UOSW will be a breakthrough for the working class. Organizing student workers raises expectations for all other workers at these institutions, and the downstream effects are crucial, too,” said David Purucker, a graduate student in sociology and YDSA member. “Unions will give student workers a priceless experience of solidarity that they’ll carry for the rest of their lives — and for some, into the militant rank and file of the labor movement. And that could be absolutely transformative for American politics.”[1]

Members

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Matthew Osborn-Grosso and Corrine Ellis are member of University of Oregon Young Democratic Socialists.

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University of Oregon Young Democratic Socialists, February 27 near Eugene ·

It's cold outside, but we're making it rain fat stacks! Join us from 10-12, and tell us how you'd like to see this stack of money dissappear and have college be free for all students! — with Elaina Colussi and Benjamin Lain.

University of Oregon Young Democratic Socialists October 9, 2018 ·

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With Benjamin Lain, Noah Capell and Emma Lain.

Phonebanking with Dems

University of Oregon Young Democratic Socialists May 26, 2017 ·

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Thank you to the Democratic Party of Lane County for hosting our phone banking session. Our comrades were pulling support for A Better Oregon's June 6th Rally. #GoComradesGo

May Day labor panel

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University of Oregon Young Democratic Socialists May 2, 2017.

Thank you to all those that participated in our labor panel this May Day!
From right to left (as that is the direction we are moving this country in): Max Hoots from University of Oregon Student Labor Action Project, Jess E. Neafie from Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, Michael Dreiling from United Academics of the University of Oregon, Lonnie Douglas from Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network, Gordon Lafer from Labor Education & Research Center and Theodora Ko Thompson from SEIU Local 503 | Sub-local 085 for participating in our labor panel. — attending May Day Teach-In: Labor: Past, Present, and Future.

Socialist International presentation & referendum

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Week 8: Socialist International presentation & referendum Public · Hosted by UO Young Democratic Socialists.

Wednesday, May 24 at 7:15 PM - 9 PM

Fenton Hall, E 13th Ave, Eugene, Oregon 97403

Join us in Fenton 119 to where we will have a discussion on the Democratic Socialists of America's role in Socialist International and whether or not it should continue participating in it.[2]

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Sign Making Party

Sign Making Party in Support of The March for Science! Hosted by Our Revolution Lane County and UO Young Democratic Socialists

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Sunday, April 16 at 3:30 PM - 6:20 PM PDT

University of Oregon, 1585 E 13th Ave, Eugene, Oregon 97403

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YDS Political Education Meeting

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Public · Hosted by UO Young Democratic Socialists

Monday, April 17 at 6 PM - 8 PM PDT

University of Oregon, 1585 E 13th Ave, Eugene, Oregon 97403.

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UO Young Democratic Socialists Closed Facebook Group

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University of Oregon Young Democratic Socialists Closed Facebook Group, accessed September 6, 2017.

Formerly the grassroots campaign for Bernie Sanders on the U of O campus, we are the campus chapter of the youth and student section of the Democratic Socialists of America. We organize on the University of Oregon campus in solidarity with students all over the country to fight for the immediate needs of workers and students, while building our capacity to fight for more radical and structural changes in the long term. Ultimately, we are part of the international struggle to build a better world, and we call the better society we are fighting for democratic socialism.[3]

Admins

Members

More names had been added by June 2, 2018;

References

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