Coalition of Graduate Employees » legislative efforts http://cge6069.org AFT Local 6069 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:01:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 CGE Members Testify on Fees to Oregon Legislature http://cge6069.org/cge_members_testify_on_fees_to_oregon_legeslature http://cge6069.org/cge_members_testify_on_fees_to_oregon_legeslature#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:34:06 +0000 hess http://cge6069.org/?p=274 Nine CGE members joined Rob Wagner, AFT-OR’s Director of Legislative Affairs, and three members of UO’s GTFF to testify today to the Oregon House Committee on Education in support of HB 2508, which would waive student fees for all graduate employees in the Oregon University System. The testimony was a great success and drew concern over the burden of student fees from nearly the entire committee.

CGE members spoke of the impact of fees on graduate employees at OSU and related a number of compelling personal stories about fees. By the end of the hearing, the committee unanimously recognized that student fees are a big problem for grad employees in Oregon and seemed ready to begin working to find a solution to this problem. In that, CGE’s goals for this hearing were achieved, and the way was paved for CGE to continue working with the state legislature to eliminate fees for grad employees in Oregon.

For those who are interested, audio for the hearing is available here.

Many thanks and congratulations to all of the CGE members who attended and testified at the hearing today. Your participation helped CGE take one step more towards ending the burden of student fees for grad employees at OSU.

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]]> http://cge6069.org/cge_members_testify_on_fees_to_oregon_legeslature/feed 1 Graduate Employees Invited to Testify on Fees http://cge6069.org/members_invited_to_testify_on_fees http://cge6069.org/members_invited_to_testify_on_fees#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:54:56 +0000 Angela McClendon http://cge6069.org/?p=260 On Friday, March 6th (not Monday the 9th) at 1 PM, CGE and GTFF members, among others, will be testifying in front of the Oregon House Education Committee about the effects of fees on the lives of graduate employees.  Anyone who wants to join us is welcome.  Please contact CGE at organizer@cge6069.org or 541-757-7141 if you are interested in participating or have questions.

This is part of our effort to pass HB2508, a bill that would eliminate fees for all graduate employees in the entire Oregon University System.  The full text of HB2508 can be found here.

AFT-OR will also be holding a Lobby Day the morning of Monday, March 9th.  If you are interested in speaking to your state legislators about issues that are important to you, you can find out more and register to participate here or contact us.

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