Today State Assemblywoman and Chair of the New York Higher Education Committee Deborah Glick, State Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, State Senator Bill Perkins, and Councilman Mark Levine signed onto a letter citing Columbia’s negligence in handling the international student IRS bills and
Sign here to support international grad workers on taxes! Since we have yet to receive any authoritative response from Columbia on our meeting with Dean Alonso last week, the GWC-UAW International Student Working Group has now started a petition to
Thank you to everyone who came to our emergency meeting today on tax concerns for international RAs and TAs – we had a packed room from across Columbia representing GSAS, Engineering, Lamont, and CUMC, and, because of our extreme disappointment
Still waiting for your 2014 tax refund? Now you have a letter from the IRS saying you owe money? International students across campus have received letters from the IRS informing them that they owe hundreds or even thousands of dollars
Yesterday, Dean Carlos Alonso directly responded to our ongoing organizing by announcing a series of improvements through an email to all international students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. You can read the full text of his e-mail
Come to our first GWC-UAW town hall of 2016 this Friday! Like previous town halls, this one offers a great opportunity to learn more about the union and our successes so far, ask questions, and to discuss next steps in
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
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: 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
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