Columbia University’s administration has tabled its “best and final offer” for UAW Local 2110, and it seems like the final sticking point is primarily over recognition of “casual” and hourly student workers as members of the bargaining unit. Whether the union will choose to consolidate the gains on the table here and fight another day, or to stick it out and fight for these hourlies – many of whom have been on strike alongside the rest of the student workers for the past eight weeks – sounds likely to determine whether this thing ends.
Jonah Furman: The week in US unions, December 25, 2021-January 1, 2022
