by Justin | Dec 27, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Jonah Furman, Student Workers of Columbia, Who Gets the Bird
Arielle Isack at Jewish Currents says the Columbia University student workers strike of UAW Local 2110 members appears to be nearing an end, and details the transformative possibilties for our very broken higher education system. Read the article...
by Justin | Dec 21, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Jonah Furman, Labor Notes
UAW 2110 remains on the largest strike in the country, at Columbia University. The university is still actively threatening to replace the student workers, and soliciting other desperate academic workers to take their jobs in the spring. Read the article...
by Justin | Dec 18, 2021 | Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes, UAWD in the News
For the first time in 25 years, a slate backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) won in a November landslide to lead the country’s largest private sector union. Teamsters United coalition leaders have pledged to organize militant contract campaigns, end...
by Justin | Dec 14, 2021 | Alex Press, Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Jacobin, Student Workers of Columbia
The 3,000-member Student Workers of Columbia work stoppage is currently the largest strike in the US. With unfair labor practice charges unresolved and tensions rising, Columbia University is now threatening to replace strikers with scabs. Read the article...
by Justin | Dec 12, 2021 | Jonah Furman, Who Gets the Bird
Having rejected a new tentative agreement, Kellogg’s workers are digging in for an even longer haul, as the company moves to permanently replace the 1400 striking BCTGM members in Omaha, Memphis, Lancaster, PA, and Battle Creek, MI. Joe Biden was finally moved to...
by Justin | Dec 9, 2021 | Ashley Wong, Columbia University, Graduate Workers, New York Times, Student Workers of Columbia
The picket line came days after Dan Driscoll, the vice president of the university’s human resources department, sent an email to student workers saying that those who did not return to work by Friday were not guaranteed jobs next semester. The widely circulated email...
