AROUND THE UAW
The Union of Autoworkers and Grad Students
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,...
Kohler Company suspends its vaccine mandate for UAW Local 833 union members
Kohler has agreed to suspend its vaccine mandate for all United Auto Workers Local No. 833 associates employed at the company. UAW Local 833 filed a grievance against Kohler, stating the company violated the collective bargaining agreement and the National Labor...
Opinion:We demand Columbia stop protecting abusive professors. Student-workers will remain on strike until it does so.
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...
Opinion: Complacency from UAW autoworkers no longer an option
With the auto corporations’ rapid transition to electric vehicles well underway, UAW autoworkers must organize to oust the corporation-appeasing Administration Caucus.
University of California Recognizes Student Researcher Union
The University of California agreed to officially recognize Student Researchers United — a union representing over 17,000 student researchers across the UC — on Dec. 8. The acknowledgement comes after a bevy of legislative backing for the union, including 49 members...
“Teaching conditions affect learning conditions,” Part-Time Professors discuss The New School’s Pay Disparity and Income Inequality
The New School’s reputation as a progressive institution for social justice and equality isn’t living up to some part-time faculty’s standards, as they said they’re paid an unlivable wage much smaller than administrators and full-time professors. Part-time faculty...
Delaware County, police union reach tentative agreement over COVID-19 overtime grievance
A tentative agreement has been reached between Delaware County commissioners and the union representing merit officers in the Delaware County Sheriff's Office concerning overtime pay from the early days of the pandemic in 2020. The amount of money and other details of...
Lansing City Council endorses tax breaks for GM battery plant
Lansing City Council on Monday moved forward with supporting a $2.5 billion investment from General Motors Co. for a battery cell manufacturing plant near its Delta Township assembly plant. Council approved a resolution recommending the formation of a renaissance zone...
Jacobin: The Columbia Strike Is Still Underway, and Tensions Are High
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 here.
The 20-Year Fight to Unionize Graduate Student Workers
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...
