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 | Dec 18, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Postdoctoral Researchers, Student Researchers, Student Researchers United-UAW, Student Workers of Columbia, University of California, Wall Street Journal
While workers at companies like Volkswagen and Amazon have rejected unions, Big Labor is winning with university employees. Last week the UAW was recognized as labor representative for 17,000 student researchers at the University of California. About a quarter...