Faculty and staff labor negotiations are intensifying at Portland Community College, where classified employees reached a tentative agreement ending a 16-day classified staff strike, but faculty remained on strike. As a result, classes moved online and students faced disrupted schedules and delayed financial aid disbursements if the strike continued. The dispute underscores the governance and operational risk campuses face when strikes split across employee groups—raising continuity-of-instruction and student support challenges alongside bargaining over wages, benefits, and protections.