EUGENE, Ore. — A day-long mediation session has failed to resolve a strike by graduate teaching assistants at the University of Oregon.
The Register-Guard reports that Thursday’s session ended after 11?1/2 hours. The newspaper says talks may resume Friday.
Members of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation went on strike Tuesday after contract talks stalled over medical and maternity leave benefits.
Union spokesman Gus Skorburg says support on the picket line remains strong.
The strike comes near the end of the fall term.
University administrators have been making plans to enter grades for undergraduate students who are taught by the striking graduate teachers, should the strike continue into final exams week, which starts Monday.
Acting Provost Frances Bronet called the strike “a temporary disagreement in a long, successful relationship between two parties.”
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