by Justin | Sep 3, 2020 | Columbia University, Organizing, Postdoctoral Researchers
The UAW is aggressively pushing beyond the auto industry, now breaking new ground to include postdoctoral researchers from a top private university — the brightest minds from medicine, climate science, chemistry, engineering and computation. The Detroit-based union...
by Justin | Jul 14, 2020 | Graduate Workers, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, Postdoctoral Researchers, Social Issues
The U.S. backed down from a high-profile confrontation with Harvard University, MIT and hundreds of other colleges over foreign-student visas, ending a standoff that could have sent thousands of students back to their home countries and left schools scrambling to plan...
by Justin | Jul 14, 2020 | Graduate Workers, Postdoctoral Researchers, Social Issues, UAW Local 4121
When the recent directive from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Student Exchange and Visitor Program threatened to deport thousands of international students unable to enroll in in-person classes due to the novel coronavirus–induced fall quarter...
by Justin | Jul 2, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Columbia University, CPW-UAW Local 4100, Postdoctoral Researchers
The bargaining committee recommends voting YES to ratification. This agreement includes historic compensation improvements and establishes important new workplace rights for all Postdoc and Associate Researchers. We believe the agreement will not only improve our...
