GWC-UAW student workers’ strike put on pause during mediation talks

by Justin | Apr 3, 2021 | Columbia University, GWC-UAW 2110

Student-workers are expected to return to work on Monday, April 5, after the Graduate Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers’ bargaining committee voted 7-3 on Friday to pause the strike. The committee accepted the University’s offer, which called for mediation with...

Columbia Grad Students On Strike Over Wages And Harassment Policies, NYU Counterparts Voting On Similar Actions

by Justin | Mar 29, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GSOC-UAW 2110, GWC-UAW 2110, New York University

Graduate students working at New York City’s two biggest private universities are demanding benefits like increased wages and neutral arbitration for harassment claims, with thousands of Columbia University students participating in an ongoing strike and a potential...

Columbia Grad Workers Continue Strike

by Justin | Mar 26, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GWC-UAW 2110

Nearly five years after the National Labor Relations Board ruled that graduate student workers at Columbia University were entitled to collective bargaining, the union there is still without a contract. Today, union members are ending their second week on strike over...

Columbia Student Workers Continue Strike for Fair Wages, Protection from Harassment & Discrimination

by Justin | Mar 24, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GWC-UAW 2110

Here in New York, over 3,000 research and teaching assistants at Columbia University are on day 10 of their strike demanding fair wages, improvements to healthcare and child care provisions. Workers are also asking for third-party arbitration in cases of harassment...

Columbia Graduate Workers Are on Strike. Other Higher-Ed Workers Should Follow Their Lead.

by Justin | Mar 21, 2021 | Graduate Workers, GWC-UAW 2110

While the law is unambiguous, the Columbia administration has continued to obstruct organizing efforts using an array of typical union-busting methods. In 2016, when the NLRB held a formal vote, the university’s anti-union campaign led to more than six hundred workers...

Negotiations remain at standstill between Columbia, GWC-UAW nearly one week into strike

by Justin | Mar 20, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Graduate Workers, GWC-UAW 2110

Columbia and the Graduate Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers reached a standstill during Thursday’s negotiations with no proposals presented or positions changed. This concludes a week of little movement at the table while student-workers continue striking for a...