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 | May 26, 2021 | GWC-UAW 2110, One Member One Vote
As members of the Graduate Workers of Columbia-UAW Local 2110, we believe that the principle of One Member, One Vote (1M1V) is essential to union democracy. The organizing committee of GWC thus endorses 1M1V in the upcoming UAW-wide referendum on the direct election...
by Justin | May 3, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GWC-UAW 2110, Postdoctoral Researchers
The tentative agreement reached between Columbia and the Graduate Workers of Columbia–United Auto Workers’ bargaining committee failed to pass on April 30. Student-workers voted 1,093-970 with 63-percent participation to continue negotiating, a process that will...
by Justin | Apr 20, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GWC-UAW 2110
The Bargaining Committee for the Graduate Workers of Columbia–United Auto Workers announced Monday that after over two years of bargaining with Columbia for the union’s first labor contract, it is ready to present the contract for a ratification vote. Read the article...
by Justin | Apr 16, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GSOC-UAW 2110, GWC-UAW 2110, New York University
Graduate workers at New York University and Columbia University, the two largest universities in New York City, are in the midst of a contentious labor battle with their administrations to eliminate the economic uncertainty, which has intensified during the COVID-19...
by Justin | Apr 12, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GSOC-UAW 2110, GWC-UAW 2110, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, New York University, Organizing, President Donald Trump, President Joseph Biden
Joe Biden’s ascension to the White House has precipitated a flurry of activity by graduate student unions at private universities across the country, some of whom had avoided certain organizing efforts during the Trump administration amid fears that their cases would...
