The current political situation presents a lot of challenges to the labor movement, immigrants, Black people and people of color, and many other folks in the U.S. The upcoming election carries a lot of weight in defining the few years
Earlier this month we saw a disturbing announcement that the Trump administration had revoked over a 1,000 visas of Chinese students and scholars. Academic workers across UAW campuses are joining together calling on our universities to provide the needed support
Below are the results of the GWC-UAW Local 2110 Bargaining Committee vacancy election. Thank you to everyone who participated. After the polls closed last night at 9 PM EDT, the ballots were counted today at 2 PM EDT. The following
The Graduate Workers of Columbia organizing committee stands in solidarity with members of GEO 3550 at the University of Michigan who are currently striking for a safe and just pandemic response from their administration. U-M’s administration has chosen to ignore
We write to spread awareness of the Scholars Strike in support of Black lives, and to encourage graduate workers to participate in any way they can. Inspired by the striking WNBA and NBA players, the Scholars Strike began with a
Yesterday marked four years since we won the historic National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Columbia decision restoring the right of student assistants in private universities to unionize. While we honor that remarkable moment for workers across the country, we also
The deadline to accept nominations for the bargaining committee vacancy election is Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 5:00PM EST. August 23, 2020 CLICK HERE TO REQUEST AN ELECTRONIC BALLOT In the event that the number of eligible candidates who accept nomination
On Monday, we continued bargaining with Columbia’s team for our first contract. We discussed the recent rollback of a policy blocking pay for student workers abroad, changes to COVID-19 testing requirements and access in advance of returning to campus, and
The bargaining committee’s next bargaining session is scheduled for Monday, August 17, 1:30-5 PM. Please email columbiagradunion@gmail.com if you would like to attend the session over Zoom. Yesterday the International Students Working Group (ISWG) of GWC-UAW met for the second
August 8, 2020 Nominations are hereby declared open for the GWC-UAW Local 2110 Bargaining Committee vacancy elections (eight [8] positions): All eligible Union supporters [any Columbia graduate and undergraduate student who is currently employed by the University according to the