Bargaining and COVID-19 Updates from the Table Questions about mitigating the impact of COVID-19 measures on student workers topped the agenda of this week’s bargaining sessions. The responses we heard from Columbia on April 1 and April 3 amounted to
In light of the new working conditions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, academic workers continue to organize together to build a university that is respectful and supportive of all workers and students. While recognizing the commitment Columbia has already shown
Thank you to everyone who voted in our strike authorization vote. Our strike authorization vote has concluded: out of 1910 valid ballots, 1833 (96%) voted YES, with 77 voting NO. The last few weeks have been challenging, and we thank
Dear student workers, First, the good news. We are close to tentative agreement on Holidays, Workload, and Intellectual Property. Now, the frustrating news. Columbia maintains their regressive position that grievances alleging discrimination or harassment by the University shall not be
The response period to oppose the Trump NLRB’s attack on academic student workers’ union rights ends tomorrow. Click here to leave a response comment, comments are due by tomorrow, February 28 @ 11:59PM EST. To respond to a comment, go
Columbia has just made an outrageous and major move backwards in our negotiations over fair and timely protections against discrimination and harassment. This past Friday, February 21, the university bargaining team announced their withdrawal of their previous proposal allowing student
WE WANT A STRONG CONTRACT! At the end of February will be one year since we began negotiations with the Columbia administration, and while we have agreed on a few things, we are still very far apart on some key
Bargaining update: The GWC bargaining committee met with Columbia’s representatives again this past Friday, January 31st. Here is a quick summary of what unfolded: We reached a tentative agreement on our Training article. Columbia and GWC both passed counters on
On Friday, we met with the CU bargaining team for our first bargaining session of the semester. It’s been almost a year since we began the process—you can check out the current status of all the articles, as well as
Student Workers, It has been two months since the GWC Bargaining Committee put all of our remaining contract proposals on the table. Despite the expectation that this would move negotiations forward, Columbia demonstrates continued failure to engage in what is