Numerous unions from across New York City were present at the picket line supporting Columbia student workers including ACT-UAW Local 7902 the union that represents New School part-time faculty, health workers, and student workers as well as NYU adjunct professors.
Parsons professor Alexander Robins represented ACT-UAW Local 7902 on the picket line. Robins noted that the fight of Columbia student workers mirrors that of many workers across academia.
“Universities have been having their cake and eating it, too,” Robins, an executive board member of ACT-UAW 7902, said. “They’ve been running themselves like for-profit universities, but under the mantle of being not-for-profit.
Striking Columbia Student Workers Picket University, Supported by New School Unions
