by Justin | Jan 4, 2022 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Opinion, Student Workers of Columbia, Wall Street Journal
In its quest to casualize academic labor, Columbia refuses to recognize hundreds of student workers. Meanwhile, the university increases the cost of tuition to cover the bloated salaries of administrators. Read the article here.
by Justin | Jan 3, 2022 | Opinion, Organizing, Steven Greenhouse, The Guardian
Will this surge of worker action and anger be a mere flash in the pan or will it be part of a longer-lasting phenomenon? The answer to this important question could turn on whether all this anger and energy are somehow transformed into a larger movement. At least for...
by Justin | Jan 2, 2022 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Student Workers of Columbia
Over the course of the pandemic, Columbia’s alleged financial crisis was at the heart of their anti-unionization push. This was quickly revealed to be a lie, as Columbia’s wealth grew $3.3 billion in 2020, amounting to a staggering $14 billion endowment. After the...
by Justin | Jan 1, 2022 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Jonah Furman, Student Workers of Columbia, Who Gets the Bird
Columbia University’s administration has tabled its “best and final offer” for UAW Local 2110, and it seems like the final sticking point is primarily over recognition of “casual” and hourly student workers as members of the bargaining unit. Whether the union will...
by Justin | Jan 1, 2022 | Student Researchers United-UAW, University of California
After months of negotiating deadlock, the University of California system formally recognized graduate student researchers as higher education employees and thus their right to unionize. “Almost every student researcher I’ve talked to knows someone who has been...
