The Columbia Student Worker Strike Is Second Largest in the Country Right Now. Here’s Why It’s Happening
Columbia University runs on the labor of graduate students. They assist in teaching undergraduate classes and play a key role in research projects across various disciplines. However, Columbia’s grad student workers often struggle to pay the rent and cover basic...
Columbia student workers strike again for a fair contract
The Student Workers of Columbia-UAW union enters its third week of striking to bring Columbia University back to the bargaining table. Read the article here.
‘It’s hard to do both’: The SWC-UAW strike’s disruption of Core classes leaves undergraduates stuck between learning loss and solidarity
Despite the disruption the strike has caused, all students interviewed vocalized their support for the SWC-UAW. “It seems like the money we pay should be more than enough to pay [graduate students’] salaries,” Sebastian Mayor, GS ’22, said. “It seems like Columbia...
GAGE Supports Columbia Student Worker Strike for Fair Contract
The Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Workers (GAGE) affirmed its support for student workers at Columbia University after over 3,000 Columbia undergraduate and graduate student workers launched a unionwide strike Nov. 3. Read the article here.
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