by Justin | Feb 27, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Columbia University, GWC-UAW 2110, Postdoctoral Researchers
Standing on the steps of Low Library, graduate and undergraduate student workers of the Graduate Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers announced on Thursday their intention to strike on March 15. Union members plan to stop teaching classes and conducting research...
by Justin | Feb 18, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Postdoctoral Researchers, UAW Local 4121, University of Washington
We’ve reached a tentative agreement on the Postdoc Collective bargaining agreement! Our bargaining committee unanimously recommends acceptance of the tentative agreement and a vote to ratify. Through our contract we’ve secured some important gains and set the...
by Justin | Nov 24, 2020 | Graduate Workers, Postdoctoral Researchers, Social Issues, UAW Local 4121
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a new immigration rule in September that gives a fixed expiration date to the visas of international students and scholars. This dismissed the previous duration of status policy that allowed them to stay until the...
by Justin | Nov 3, 2020 | Postdoctoral Researchers, UAW Local 5810
Neil Sweeney, vice president of UAW 5810, said that despite legislation, issues with benefit cancelations have continued. “We’re seeing that a lot of our members are getting their benefits canceled without any warning,” Sweeney said. “This has affected people who are...
by Justin | Oct 27, 2020 | Postdoctoral Researchers, UAW Local 4121
UAW 4121 union organizer Elena Pandres believes the UW has a responsibility to provide benefits for all postdocs under the union’s collective bargaining agreement. “All these postdocs … are working full time and are subject to the same policies and are doing a lot of...
by Justin | Sep 11, 2020 | Columbia University, Postdoctoral Researchers, Unionization
Around 1700 postdocs at Columbia University in New York City have formed a union – the first of its kind at a private US university – through the United Auto Workers (UAW), one of the largest unions in North America. Nicholas Tay, a chemistry postdoc at Columbia who...
