by Justin | Dec 17, 2021 | Columbia University, GEO-UAW Local 1596, Graduate Workers, GSOC-UAW 2110, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, Organizing, Postdoctoral Researchers, Referendum Vote, Student Researchers, Student Researchers United-UAW, Student Workers of Columbia, The American Prospect, UAW Corruption Scandal, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, University of California, University of Washington, Wayne State University
There are some ploys that non-university employers use to defeat unionization that won’t work with grad students. First, while Amazon may be able to convince its workers that they’ll lose their jobs if they vote for a union, that’s a little harder to do at, say,...
by Justin | Nov 9, 2021 | Columbia University, GSOC-UAW 2110, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, New York University, Student Workers of Columbia
From the Ivy League to the West Coast, graduate student workers are going on strike because of low pay and meager benefits. Graduate union strikes deserve our solidarity as they pave the way for labor struggles nationwide. Read the article here.
by Justin | Aug 18, 2021 | Graduate Workers, GSOC-UAW 2110, GWC-UAW 2110, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
Universities rely on poorly paid graduate student and adjunct labor for work like grading and the teaching of introductory level undergraduate courses. This is the grunt work of academia, the work that scholars eagerly throw off if they are lucky enough to get a...
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 | Jun 3, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, GSOC-UAW 2110, New York University
“We are lucky at NYU to have a very strong union and we had a strong first contract,” Tova Benjamin, a fourth-year Ph.D. student at NYU, told me in a recent phone interview, “but that strong first contract wasn’t going to stay strong if we didn’t fight for all the...
by Justin | May 5, 2021 | Graduate Workers, GSOC-UAW 2110, New York University, Postdoctoral Researchers
Zach Schwartz-Weinstein marched alongside fellow graduate student workers and union supporters from Judson Memorial Church to Washington Square Park on April 27, 2006, to support the recognition of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee. They demanded that NYU...
