{"id":806,"date":"2022-06-23T09:53:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T16:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/?page_id=806"},"modified":"2022-06-23T10:08:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T17:08:35","slug":"cge-general-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/cge-general-information\/","title":{"rendered":"What is CGE?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Coalition of Graduate Employees<\/strong>&nbsp;at Oregon State University is a labor union representing 1,700+ graduate employees at OSU. We are an affiliate, known as a \u201cLocal,\u201d of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/or.aft.org\/\">American Federation of Teachers \u2013 Oregon<\/a>. We are united not only as Graduate Employees at OSU, but as educators across Oregon and across the United States. All together, we make up 1.7 million educators across this country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Coalition of Graduate Employees (CGE) represents the interests and rights of Oregon State University\u2019s graduate employees through the bargaining and maintenance of a fair working contract. We strive to create a community of graduate employees empowered to advocate for collective issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We will create a working environment where fair and equitable treatment protects the holistic well-being of all workers, and the principles of participatory democracy promote collaboration and shared goals across peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Values<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Member-driven collective action<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;We believe in the ability and wisdom of the graduate employee community to define issues and participate in crafting effective solutions.<\/li><li><strong>Advocacy<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;We are committed to empowering members of our community to speak for themselves when they can and speaking on their behalf when they cannot.<\/li><li><strong>Equity and justice<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;We value the contributions of everyone in all aspects of the university. While we are diverse, we share common goals: dignity, respect, and recognition for our work.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Coalition of Graduate Employees&nbsp;at Oregon State University is a labor union representing 1,700+ graduate employees at OSU. We are an affiliate, known as a \u201cLocal,\u201d of the&nbsp;American Federation of Teachers \u2013 Oregon. We are united not only as Graduate Employees &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/cge-general-information\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10238,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-806","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":820,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}