by Justin | Oct 25, 2021 | Columbia University, Harvard University, New York University, University of California, University of Washington
While 2021 was a year of staggering endowment growth, 2020 was a year of deep and sometimes existential cuts. At university after university, administrations responded to the pandemic with fiscal discipline and layoffs. Read the article here.
by Justin | Oct 1, 2021 | Columbia University, Student Workers of Columbia, UAW Local 2110
Exasperated by stagnant bargaining talks and recent pay structure changes, the Student Workers of Columbia–United Auto Workers voted 1,804 to 234 to authorize a strike. In doing so, the SWC-UAW has given a mandate to its bargaining committee to initiate a strike,...
by Justin | Aug 5, 2021 | Columbia University, Student Workers of Columbia
An email from University administration announcing an unexpected change to stipend pay schedules has left many graduate student-workers reeling. As stipend payment timing is modified to align with normal payroll distribution, many students will begin the fall term...
by Justin | Jul 28, 2021 | Columbia University, GSOC-UAW 2110
On July 3, a union election seated eight new bargaining committee members and two returning members and approved a new name for the organization: the Student Workers of Columbia. The SWC will contend with the aftermath of the spring semester’s weeks-long strike and...
by Justin | May 3, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GWC-UAW 2110, Postdoctoral Researchers
The tentative agreement reached between Columbia and the Graduate Workers of Columbia–United Auto Workers’ bargaining committee failed to pass on April 30. Student-workers voted 1,093-970 with 63-percent participation to continue negotiating, a process that will...
by Justin | Apr 20, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GWC-UAW 2110
The Bargaining Committee for the Graduate Workers of Columbia–United Auto Workers announced Monday that after over two years of bargaining with Columbia for the union’s first labor contract, it is ready to present the contract for a ratification vote. Read the article...
