Rally Urging Columbia to Respect our Democratic Choice on Unionization Friday, December 4th, 12pm on the Low Steps Nearly one year after we informed Columbia University of majority support for GWC-UAW as our union, the administration continues its efforts to
Union’s comments submitted for enhancing OPT rules
GWC and the national UAW argued for enhancements to the OPT program in public comments submitted to the Department of Homeland Security yesterday. Thanks to many of you participating in our OPT Information Session and Q&A in September and filling
Another step toward winning union rights!
We took another exciting step toward winning formal recognition of our union today. In our ongoing effort to restore our right to collective bargaining as RAs and TAs, GWC-UAW filed a request with the Washington, DC, office of the National
Proposed Increase to OPT STEM Extension
As you may have already heard, the Department of Homeland Security has submitted a new, revised rule regarding the STEM extension for Optional Practical Training. If approved the new rule would expand one of the few options for international students
The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students Stands with GWC
The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students recently held their 29th national conference. At the conference they overwhelmingly passed advocacy platforms that addresses graduate student employees, and highlighted the work we have made at Columbia University with the Graduate Workers of