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...
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 | Dec 16, 2021 | Columbia Spectator, Columbia University, Opinion, Student Workers of Columbia
Columbia has established a powerful bureaucratic mechanism to protect its reputation when professors and administrators harass, abuse, or rape students and workers. This is done through the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action.The EOAA’s stated goal is...
by Justin | Dec 14, 2021 | Alex Press, Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Jacobin, Student Workers of Columbia
The 3,000-member Student Workers of Columbia work stoppage is currently the largest strike in the US. With unfair labor practice charges unresolved and tensions rising, Columbia University is now threatening to replace strikers with scabs. Read the article...
by Justin | Dec 14, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, News Republic, Student Workers of Columbia
For the last six weeks, graduate student workers at Columbia University have walked a picket line at the school’s Manhattan campus as they seek to negotiate a union contract that includes a living wage, better health care, and greater protections against harassment...
by Justin | Dec 14, 2021 | Columbia Spectator, Columbia University, Student Workers of Columbia
The picket line has brought its strikers friendship, unity, and proximity to that sought-after contract. For Tamara Hache and Niccolò Bigagli, it has also brought them love. Hache and Bigagli found themselves near each other on a picket line during the strike this...
