Members of the Oxford University Press USA Guild (a unit of the News Media Guild, News Guild-CWA Local 31222) will stage a one-day strike on Tuesday after filing several Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges against the employer. The strike follows nearly three years of first contract negotiations with Oxford University
After more than 19 months of bargaining – which included valuable testimonies from Guild members fighting back against dangerous proposals, hundreds of employees signing petitions opposing the company’s initial wage offer and multiple collective actions – we are announcing a tentative deal on a three-year contract has been reached with
The bargaining committee wanted to catch everyone up fully on what happened yesterday and the background. AP approached us nearly two weeks ago to bargain off the record with the hopes of reaching a deal by Dec. 15. They claimed that they had some extra money they had to spend