Happy New Year! As we all gear up for spring semester, we have an invitation to our next visa seminar and great news to share on recent accomplishments by our GWC-UAW international students working group on ongoing efforts to make
One Step Closer!
We have great news! The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has just granted review of our petition to win formal recognition of GWC-UAW. This means that the Board’s top arm in Washington, DC, is now considering two cases, ours and
Urgent help stop discriminatory visa measure!
URGENT: Call your US senators today and urge them to vote against the discriminatory Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015. Last week the United States of House of Representatives hastily passed the Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015
Rally for Columbia to Respect Our Democratic Choice
On Friday, Dec 4th, over 300 of us stood together on the Low steps today telling Columbia to respect our choice! During our rally we sent a delegation to deliver a letter signed by over 160 elected politicians and community
Rally for Columbia to Respect Our Democratic Choice
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
EXCITING NEWS: NLRB Regional Board decision!
We’re ecstatic that the regional director for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision today on our petition to have GWC-UAW as our union! Click here to read the full decision. While the regional board director has dismissed