NYTIMES – Education Briefing
Democracy Now – 3,000 Columbia Graduate Workers Go on Strike After Failed Union Negotiations
Bloomberg – Columbia University Graduate Workers Strike After NLRB Reversal
New York Post – Graduate student workers at Columbia University go on strike
WPIX11 – Millions in donations pour into NYC mayoral race
Politico – New York Playbook
Inside Higher Ed – Green Light for Student Employee Unions
Chronicle of Higher Education – A Labor Sympathizer, Now on the Management Side, Calls for ‘Mutual Realism’
Law360 –Organizing Boom Likely After NLRB Drops Student Union Rule
Chief Leader –Preparing to Strike For A More-Equitable Columbia
Chief Leader – Graduate-Student Workers At Columbia Threaten To Strike
WSWS – Columbia University graduate workers begin strike for better working and living conditions
Diverse – Columbia University Grad Students and Student Workers Go on Strike
FilmDaily – Is NYC’s Columbia University racist? See the bizarre graduation schedule
Spec – A letter from your TA on the upcoming strike
Spec – Columbia graduate students picket on the first day of strike
Spec – After two years of unsuccessful negotiations, student-workers are officially on strike
Spec – Strike deadline looms over bargaining discussions, days before GWC student workers walk out
Spec – In focus: Columbia graduate students picket on the first day of strike
Harvard Crimson – Harvard Grad Union Supports Columbia Grad Student Strike Over Contract
Report Door – Columbia University grad student workers go on strike
The Jewish Voice – Columbia U Student Workers Strike After Negotiations with Admin Fail
Diverse Issues in higher education – Columbia University Grad Students and Student Workers Go on Strike
Columbia Daily Spectator – Union to pursue “relentless disruption” instead of further legal action [August 1, 2018]
Fox News – Brown University, graduate students set terms for union vote [June 21, 2018]
Science – The push for graduate student unions signals a deep structural shift in academia [June 6, 2018]
Master Studies – Everything You Need To Know About Graduate Student Unions [May 30, 2018]
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Two Movements Converge: #MeToo and Graduate-Student Unionization [May 18, 2018]
Coolloud – 兼任助理是勞工! [May 5, 2018]
Tropics of Meta – The Bad Ivy: Columbia and the Long Struggle for Graduate Student Employee Rights [May 5, 2018]
Dissent Magazine – Belabored Podcast #150: Lessons Learned on the Picket Line [May 4, 2018]
Manhattan Times – Stop stalling, say student strikers [May 2, 2018]
NY1 – Cynthia Nixon pickets with Columbia University graduate students trying to form a union [May 1, 2018]
ABC7 – Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon campaigns in the city [May 1, 2018]
The New Republic – Columbia’s War On Labor [May 1, 2018]
Politics/Letters – Reports from the Picket Line: A Rousing Day for Solidarity at Columbia [May 1, 2018]
Gothamist – Columbia Graduate Student Workers Strike Has National Implications [April 30, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate student strike ends on schedule, union organizers threaten more disruption next year [April 30, 2018]
AM.NY – Cynthia Nixon grilled over tax returns during visit to Columbia University protest [April 30, 2018]
College Media Network – Columbia University Grad Students Strike For A Better Bargain [April 30, 2018]
Liberation News – Columbia U graduate workers strike gets wide support [April 30, 2018]
Politics/Letters – Reports from the Picket Line: Columbia Graduate Workers Hold the Line [April 28, 2018]
Politics/Letters – Reports from the Picket Line: Widespread Support for Columbia Graduate workers [April 28, 2018]
Truthout – Graduate Workers Strike at Columbia, 50 Years After ’68 Occupation [April 27, 2018]
Dissent Magazine – Op-ed: A Strike Against Trumpism at Columbia [April 26, 2018]
Democracy Now – Columbia University Graduate Students Strike to Demand Right to Unionize [April 25, 2018]
Inside the Higher Ed – Columbia Grad Assistants Go on Strike [April 25, 2018]
The Village Voice – Columbia Grad Student Strike Could Hinge on Trump Ruling [April 25, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Picket lines and canceled classes mark beginning of graduate student strike [April 25, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – The first day of the graduate student union strike [April 25, 2018]
The Eye – Five Demonstrators on Why They Joined the Picket Line [April 25, 2018]
The Scientist – Columbia University Graduate Students Go on Strike [April 25, 2018]
University News – Columbia Students Strike Over University’s Contract Negotiation Refusal [April 25, 2018]
Politics/Letters – Reports from the Picket Line: Columbia Graduate Workers on Strike [April 25, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – 1968 to Now: Closer relationships lead to more cohesive protesting for graduate and undergraduate students [April 25, 2018]
The Scientist – Columbia University Graduate Students Go on Strike [April 25, 2018]
Socialist Worker – A strike against Ivy League arrogance [April 25, 2018]
The New York Times – Columbia Graduate Students Walk Out Over Union Fight [April 24, 2018]
Associated Press/U.S. News and World Report – Columbia Teaching Assistants Strike, Seek Union Contract [April 24, 2018]
The Washington Post – Columbia graduate students strike over university’s refusal to negotiate a contract [April 24, 2018]
New York Daily News – Columbia University graduate students go on strike over union fight [April 24, 2018]
NYCity Lens – Columbia Graduate Students Walk Out in a Protest Over Unionization [April 24, 2018]
Think Progress – Columbia grad students go on strike to protest university’s efforts to block unionization [April 24, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Live Coverage: Graduate student union begins strike [April 24, 2018]
Splinter – Columbia Graduate Students Go on Strike During Finals Season [April 24, 2018]
Mic – Columbia University grad students go on strike after university refuses to negotiate [April 24, 2018]
World Socialist Website – Columbia University graduate students set to strike in New York City [April 24, 2018]
Mic – Graduate students might be the next group striking for their rights [April 23, 2018]
Socialist Worker – A strike against Ivy League arrogance [April 25, 2018]
Labor Notes – Columbia Grad Workers Set to Strike, As Admin Refuses to Bargain [April 23, 2018]
Socialist Worker – Columbia grad workers will decide on a strike [March 29, 2018]
The College Hill Independent – The Hand That Feeds You [March 2, 2018]
Detroit Free Press – UAW moves beyond auto industry to colleges, expands by nearly 70K members [February 19, 2018]
Medium – Opinion: Why Women Graduate Workers at Columbia Are Organizing for a Strike [February 15, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate student union threatens to call for strike if demands not met [February 15, 2018]
WOLB TALK 1010 – Lunch with Labor Episode 69 [January 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – opinion – Why I’m joining over 140 Columbia faculty in support of a graduate workers’ union [February 8, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate student advisory council denies provost’s claim of partnership in union debate [February 8, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate students press Bollinger on Title IX, union negotiations at fireside chat [February 7, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: The ugly history behind the administration’s anti-union campaign [February 2, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate student union to file unfair labor practice following University’s refusal to bargain [February 2, 2018]
Wall Street Journal – Editorial Board: Columbia vs. United Auto Workers [February 1, 2018]
People’s World – Columbia grad students’ unionization case heads for court [February 1, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Bargain with us: An open letter from a graduate student to the provost [February 1, 2018]
Patch – Columbia Refuses To Bargain With Graduate Student Union [February 1, 2018]
Inside Higher Ed – Columbia Won’t Negotiate With Graduate Union [January 31, 2018]
The New York Times – Columbia University Says It Won’t Bargain With Graduate Student Union [January 30, 2018]
The Washington Post – Columbia won’t bargain with assistants despite union vote [January 30, 2018]
NY Daily New – Columbia says it won’t bargain with TAs despite union vote [Janury 30, 2018]
WNYC – Columbia Again Refuses to Negotiate with Graduate Student Workers [January 30, 2018]
Huffington Post – Columbia University Refuses To Recognize Graduate Student Union [January 30, 2018]
Bloomberg – Columbia Seeks Review of Obama-Era Grad Student Union Rules [January 30, 2018]
Splinter – The Full Email From Columbia University Rejecting Its Grad Students’ Union, Annotated [January 30, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Columbia refuses to bargain with graduate student union, moves to challenge labor board decision in federal court [January 30, 2018]
NY Daily New – Columbia says it won’t bargain with TAs despite union vote [Janury 30, 2018]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate student union awaits Columbia’s decision on request to bargain [January 17, 2018]
Amsterdam News – NLRB certifies Columbia graduate workers union [January 11, 2018]
BWOG Columbia Student News – Dr. William Harris Retires As Part Of Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Settlement [December 19, 2017]
Inside Higher Ed – NLRB Certifies Columbia Grad Assistant Union Election [December 19, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate student union wins federal certification, asks Columbia to start bargaining [December 19, 2017]
Detriot Free Press – UAW wins fight against Columbia University; election must be honored [December 19, 2017]
The Chicago Maroon – Newsletter for December 19 [December 19, 2017]
EIN News Desk – Huge Boost to Graduate Worker Movement as NLRB Certifies Columbia Union [December 18, 2017]
NBC Nightly News – How could the Republican tax overhaul impact you [December 2, 2017]
New York Daily News – Opinion: Grad students under tax siege [November 20, 2017]
HBO Vice News – Episode 239 at 7:15 [November 17, 2017]
The Nation – The GOP Tax Plan Would Make It Even Harder to Be a Grad Student [November 17, 2017]
Earther – The House GOP Tax Bill Is ‘Truly Horrifying’ For Science Graduate Students [November 17, 2017]
Artsy – Why Graduate Students Are Worried about the Republican Tax Plan [November 10, 2017]
Inside Higher Ed – Graduate Student Union Organizers Seek Momentum Despite Political Shift [November 9, 2017]
Inside Higher Ed – Graduate students and higher education experts warn GOP plan to tax tuition waivers would be disastrous to both students’ finances and institutions’ teaching and research missions. [November 7, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: After graduation, the fight continues [November 2, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Unions improved my life, and unions will improve Columbia [November 1, 2017]
Diverse Issues in Higher Education – Graduate Students’ Path to Unionization Remains Rocky [October 23, 2017]
Charlie Hebdo – Feeling the Burn: The Left Under Trump [October 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Sexual respect at Trump-era Columbia [October 12, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Barnard SGA issues statement in support of graduate workers union, discusses sustainability at Barnard [October 10, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Not my presidents [October 3, 2017]
the eye – Opinion: Three Years into the Fight for our Union [September 29, 2017]
LABORPRESS – Graduate Workers Urge Columbia To Stop Stalling Union [September 26, 2017]
Amsterdam News – Columbia grad workers testify before elected officials [September 21, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Elected officials advocate for graduate student unionization at forum [September 21, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Columbia should respect our vote [September 19, 2017]
The Guardian – Are elite universities ‘safe spaces’? Not if you’re starting a union [September 9, 2017]
New York Amsterdam News – Graduate workers continue to organize on NY campuses [July 20, 2017]
Ms. Magazine – Grad Students are Unionizing to Fight Campus Sexual Assault [June 21, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – YIR 2016-2017: Columbia grad students win right to unionize, but negotiations with University remain stalled [April 30, 2017]
Inside Higher Ed – Making a case in the streets for federal support for science [April 24, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: As graduation approaches, Columbia should heed Spectator’s call to respect “democratic principle [April 6, 2017]
POLITICO – Keeping the Spotlight on Campus Sexual Assault [April 5, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Editorial – Honoring graduate unionization has become a matter of democratic principle [March 21, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – University files exceptions to union election, beginning legal battle [March 31, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate Workers of Columbia calls on University to begin contract negotiations [March 10, 2017]
New York Amsterdam News – NLRB uphold Columbia grad workers’ vote for union [March 9, 2017]
Politico – Morning Shift – Columbia Grads Demand Bargaining [March 9, 2017]
NY Daily News – Graduate workers at Columbia get OK from National Labor Relations Board to join union [March 7, 2017]
Inside Higher Ed – NLRB Office: Columbia Grad Union Vote Was Valid [March 7, 2017]
Upper West Side Patch – Columbia Union Vote Upheld By National Labor Relations Board [March 7, 2017]
NBC New York – Protests at Columbia University in Wake of Trump Order [January 30, 2017]
CNN Politics – Travel ban protests stretch into third day from US to UK [January 30, 2017]
Newsday – Colleges advise students to delay travel outside U.S. [January 30, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Hundreds gather on Low steps to protest Trump’s immigration ban [January 30, 2017]
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ACADEME blog – Noble Words and Foul Deeds at Columbia [December 21, 2016]
Associated Press – Columbia Objects to Vote for Graduate Students to Unionize [December 20, 2016]
Bloomberg BNA – Columbia University Alleges Coercion in Union Vote [December 20, 2016]
Inside Higher Ed – Columbia Challenges Union Vote by Grad Students [December 20, 2016]
Gothamist – Columbia Challenges Grad Students’ Vote To Unionize [December 20, 2016]
Corporate Counsel – Columbia Files Objection with NLRB Over Union Vote by Teaching Assistants [December 20, 2016]
Upper West Side Patch – Columbia Files to Prevent Graduate Students From Forming Union [December 20, 2016]
The Wall Street Journal – Columbia University Challenges Vote to Unionize by Graduate Students [December 19, 2016]
The New York Times – Columbia Challenges Vote by Graduate Students to Unionize [December 19, 2016]
AFL-CIO – Columbia—Can I Get a Grad-Worker-Union-Yes? [December 16, 2016]
Amsterdam News – Columbia grad students officially vote to form union [December 15, 2016]
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Graduate-Student Union Efforts Gain Momentum, Despite New Uncertainties [December 13, 2016]
The Nation – Columbia’s Graduate Student Union Is a Nationwide First [December 12, 2016]
Education Dive – In fight for increased benefits, Columbia grad students find allies in auto workers [December 12, 2016]
Bloomberg BNA – Columbia Graduate Assistants Vote for UAW [December 12, 2016]
Insider Higher Ed – Columbia Graduate Employees Vote to Form Union [December 12, 2016]
WORT 89.9 FM – UAW Adds 3500 Members At Columbia University – 12-11-16 [December 11, 2016]
The Harvard Crimson – Columbia Students First to Unionize Following NLRB Ruling [December 10, 2016]
The Bulletin – Around the world [December 10, 2016]
Reuters Westlaw News – Columbia graduate assistants vote to join union [December 10, 2016]
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The New York Times – Columbia Graduate Students Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize [December 9, 2016]
Associated Press – Columbia Teaching and Research Assistants Vote to Join Union [December 9, 2016]
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New York Law Journal – Columbia Teaching, Research Assistants Vote to Join UAW [December 9, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – How teaching and research assistant unionization affects you and what it actually is [December 9, 2016]
The Wall Street Journal – Columbia University Grad Students Join UAW After Battle for Right to Unionize [December 9, 2016]
POLITICO – Columbia graduate students first to win union representation after NLRB decision [December 9, 2016]
POLITICO – Columbia grad students vote to unionize in widely watched campaign [December 9, 2016]
Insider Higher Ed – Columbia Grad Students Vote to Unionize [December 9, 2016]
The Chronicle of Higher Education – In Milestone, Columbia U. Graduate Students Vote to Unionize [December 9, 2016]
Patch – Columbia Graduate Assistants Vote to Unionize, Will Join United Auto Workers [December 9, 2016]
BWOG – Graduate Workers Of Columbia University Vote To Unionize [December 9, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate Teaching and Research Assistants Vote to Unionize [December 9, 2016]
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Columbia Daily Spectator – Teaching, Research Assistants Begin Unionization Vote [December 8, 2017]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Undergraduate TAs, RAs, Question Role in Potential Student Union [December 8, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Senator Bernie Sanders releases letter supporting teaching and research assistant unionization [December 7, 2016]
Associated Press – Private University Graduate Students Begin Unionization Vote [December 7, 2016]
Huffington Post – Opinion: Why are Columbia Grad Workers Voting on Joining the UAW? [December 7, 2016]
Roll Call – Sanders Jumps Into Columbia Union Debate [December 7, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Letter to the Editor: Voting ‘yes’ for unionization at Columbia to improve the international student experience [December 6, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Letter to the editor: UAW is a strong ally for international students and postdocs [December 5, 2016]
Medium – Opinion: We’re Voting for the Union at Columbia University Medical Center [November 28, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Why engineering students are voting yes for our union [November 21, 2016]
Amsterdam News – Columbia teaching/research assistants will vote to join union [November 11, 2016]
BNA Daily Labor Report – Columbia Graduate Assistants to Vote on Union [November 2, 2016]
Associated Press – Union vote set for Columbia teaching and research assistants [November 1, 2016]
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Reuters – Columbia graduate assistants to get union vote in December [November 1, 2016]
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Columbia Daily Spectator – NLRB schedules Columbia unionization election for December [October 31, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Letter to the editor: In provost’s faculty guidelines, an odd bias [October 24, 2016]
Huffington Post – Opinion: A first-hand view of Columbia Administrators’ Anti-union campaign [October 21, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Why is Columbia acting like Walmart? [October 18, 2016]
GoodCall – Columbia Students Can Vote to Unionize for Employee Rights [October 14, 2016]
The Brooklyn Rail – Labor Costs and the Life of the Mind [October 4, 2016]
The Chronicle of High Education – Graduate-Student Unions Mean Good News for Professors, Too [September 18, 2016]
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The New York Times – Unions Knocking on the Academy’s Doors [September 12, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate students deserve a healthcare plan with teeth
OnLabor – Fact and Fiction About Graduate Student Unionizing [September 7, 2016]
The Chronicle of High Education – For Research Assistants, NLRB Decision Marks a Big Win [September 5, 2016]
Science – The implications of graduate student unionization [September 2, 2016]
The National Law Review – National Labor Relations Board Grants Students Right to Unionize at Private Colleges and Universities [August 31, 2016]
Public News Service – Opinion: Back to School, Back to Organizing for BC Grad Employees [August 31, 2016]
The New Yorker – Opinion: Graduate Students, The Laborers of Academia [August 31, 2016]
Mondaq News Alerts – NLRB Concludes That Student Assistants Can Unionize [August 31, 2016]
Insider Higher Ed – Student Unionization at Columbia [August 30, 2016]
Bloomberg BNA – NLRB Offers Lesson For Student Teaching Assistants [August 30, 2016]
Jacobin – Opinion: Workers, Too [August 29, 2016]
Academe Blog – An Open Letter to Columbia Provost John Coatsworth [August 29, 2016]
NPR WNYC – The Brian Lehrer Show (Interview with Paul Katz and Julie Kushner) [August 29, 2016]
The National Law Review – NLRB Overturns Previous Ruling – Student Assistant May Now Unionize [August 29, 2016]
Lexology – Legal Update [August 29, 2016]
Lexology – NLRB: Graduate, Undergraduate Teaching Assistants Are Employees Under NLRA [August 29, 2016]
The Cavalier Daily – NLRB ruling treats grad students like the professionals they are [August 29, 2016]
Ricochet – Graduate Students Protected As “Employees” [August 29, 2016]
NPR – Hanging On: The Economic Woes of Being a Grad Student [August 28, 2016]
Truthout – Graduate Students Are Workers: The Decades-Long fight for Graduate Unions, and the Path Forward [August 28, 2016]
Care2 – Opinion: Why It’s a Game-changer to Let Grad Students Unionize [August 28, 2016]
Daily Trojan – Opinion: Graduate student unions are long overdue [August 28, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: NLRB opens door to a more democratic Columbia, but the battle with Goliath has just begun [August 26, 2016]
University World News – Ruling pushes door to grad-student unions ‘wide open’ [August 26, 2016]
One News Now – Prediction: NLRB Will Keep discovering ‘employees’ [August 26, 2016]
Good Magazine – Graduate Students Of The World, Unite! [August 26, 2016]
Jezebel – Columbia University Hoping Slick Website Will Convince Graduate Students Not to Unionize [August 25, 2016]
World Journal – 哥大學生工會獲通過 望改廉價勞工現狀 [August 25, 2016]
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Sporting News – Labor Board again prevents student-athletes from being considered employees [August 25, 2016]
Daily Democrat News – Ivy League colleges gear up for fight with union organizers [August 25, 2016]
Daily Tarheel – Graduate assistants at Duke, other universities granted collective bargaining rights [August 25, 2016]
The New York Times – Editorial – Unions in the Ivory Tower [August 24, 2016]
World Journal – 有權組工會 私校學生助教擺脫劣勢 [August 24, 2016]
The Nation – It’s Official: Graduate Students Can Unionize [August 24, 2016]
Corey Robin – Great Minds Think Alike [August 24, 2016]
USA Today College – NLRB rules graduate students at private universities can unionize [August 24, 2016]
The Village Voice – Columbia Graduate Student Employees Can Now Unionize [August 24, 2016]
The Chronicle of High Education – Ruling Pushes Door to Grad-Student Unions ‘Wide Open’ [August 24, 2016]
Democracy Now – NLRB Ruling: Graduate Student at Private Universities Can Unionize [August 24, 2016]
Politico – Joe College Meets Joe Hill [August 24, 2016]
Providence Journal – Brown University says it will comply with ruling that grad students can unionize [August 24, 2016]
Marketplace – Big Labor Win for Grad Students at Private Colleges [August 24, 2016]
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Inquisitr – Grad Students Are Now Considered Employees In Momentous Educational System Upset [August 24, 2016]
Society for Human Resource Management – Graduate Assistants’ Right to Organize Spreads to Private Universities [August 24, 2016]
Moyer &Company – Morning Reads: Obama Visits Flood-Ravaged Louisiana; Grad Student Assistants Win Right to Unionize [August 24, 2016]
Waging Nonviolence – In historic victory, grad students at private universities win right to unionize [August 24, 2016]
Newsmax – NLRB: Graduate Students at Private Colleges Can Unionize [August 24, 2016]
Ithaca Journal – Grad Student Union: Ruling from NLRB Clears the Way [August 24, 2016]
Workday Minnesota – NLRB recognizes organizing by graduate student workers [August 24, 2016]
Columbia Daily Tribune – MU graduate assistant group lauds ruling on private university unions [August 24, 2016]
People’s World – Breakthrough: Private university graduate students can organize [August 24, 2016]
Parent Herald – NLRB: Graduate Students are Employees; They Can Join Unions [August 24, 2016]
CBS New York – Ruling: Grad Students at Private Universities Can Unionize [August 23, 2016]
NY1 News – Columbia Grad Students Win the Right to Organize [August 23, 2016]
NPR – NLRB Rules Student Assistants At Private Universities Are Employees [August 23, 2016]
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The Daily Tar Heel – ‘You’re reducing their autonomy,’ AAUP files for private university graduate assistants’ rights [March 7, 2016]
Market Wired – Employment Law Alliance’s Higher Education Council Files Amicus Brief With NLRB in Graduate Workers of Columbia v. Trustees of Columbia University [March 7, 2016]
The Chicago Maroon – Professors Write in Support of Grad Student Unionization [March 4, 2016]
The Cornell Daily Sun – Cornell University Signs Brief Opposing Graduate Student Unionization [March 3, 2016]
The Harvard Crimson – Graduate Student Council Vice President Condemns Amicus Brief [March 3, 2016]
Worker Independent News – Labor Radio – Amicus Briefs Filed In NLRB Case That Could Restore University Union Rights [March 2, 2015] — audio link found here.
Corporate Counsel – NLRB Flooded With Amicus Briefs in Fight Over Grad Student Unions [March 2, 2016]
USA Today – 9 universities file brief against Columbia grad student unionization efforts [March 2, 2016]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Columbia, GWC file briefs in graduate student unionization case [March 2, 2016]
Politico – In amicus brief, Ivy League schools oppose Columbia grad union [March 1, 2016]
Politico – NLRB Takes Briefs on Graduate Student Unions [March 1, 2016]
Yale Daily News – Joint brief filed against grad student unions [March 1, 2016]
The Harvard Crimson – Harvard Files Amicus Brief Against Graduate Student Unionization [March 1, 2016]
The Daily Princetonian – Breaking: University files amicus brief against graduate student unionization [February 29, 2016]
OnLabor – The NLRB’s Next Play With Student Employees [February 25, 2016]
The Harvard Crimson – Graduate Union Organizers Across Universities Discuss Efforts [February 22, 2016]
JD Supra Business Advisor – NLRB Seeks Briefs on Question of Graduate Students’ Right to Organize [January 19, 2016]
Lexology – NLRB to Consider Whether Grad Students at Private Universities Are “Employees” Covered by the NLRA [January 13, 2016]
Law 360 – NLRB Asks If Columbia Grad Students Can Unionize [January 13, 2016]
The Christian Science Monitor – Do grad students have the right to unionize? [January 12, 2016]
The Nation – Graduate Students at Private Universities Could Soon Have the Right to Unionize [January 12, 2016]
DISSENT – Belabored Podcast #94: Disrupting Uber [January 8, 2016] — 2:30 mark
New York Amsterdam News – NLRB to review case involving research and teaching assistants at Columbia [December 31, 2015]
Worker Independent News – Labor Radio – Grad Student Union Rights At Private Universities May Be Restored With NLRB Review Of Columbia Case [December 25, 2015] — audio link found here.
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Labor Board Will Hear Columbia U. Graduate Students’ Bid to Unionize [December 23, 2015]
Inside Higher Ed – NLRB Accepts Columbia TA Union Case [December 23, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – NLRB grants review of Columbia grad students’ petition to unionize [December 23, 2015]
POLITICO – NLRB agrees to review Columbia grad union case [December 23, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Elected officials to Bollinger: Let Columbia grad students unionize [December 9, 2015]
Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council – Progressive Caucus Urges Columbia to Allow Unionization [December 7, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Elected officials, students attempting to deliver letter in support of graduate student unionization locked out of Low [December 4, 2015]
Worker Independent News – Labor Radio – Columbia Grad Student Workers Rally For Union Rights [December 4, 2015] — audio link found here.
Village Voice – Columbia Graduate Student Workers Fight Administration for the Right to Unionize [December 3, 2015]
Bloomberg Daily Labor Report – Columbia Graduate Assistants Ask Board To Review Dismissal of Election Petition [November 13, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate Workers of Columbia continues push to unionize, requests NLRB review of petition [November 12, 2015]
Society for Human Resource Management – NLRB May Let Teaching Assistants Organize [November 6, 2015]
Daily Hampshire Gazette – Grad students’ union push gains steam as NLRB reconsiders rule [November 5, 2015]
Reuters – For now, Columbia grad students can’t form union – NLRB regional director [November 2, 2015]
Corporate Counsel – Columbia Grad Students Lose Union Battle, May Win War [November 2, 2015]
Inside Higher Ed – NLRB Rejects Columbia U Grad Student Union Bid [November 2, 2015]
Law 360 – NLRB Nixes Columbia Grad Students’ Union Bid [November 2, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Regional NLRB director dismisses Graduate Workers of Columbia’s petition to unionize [October 30, 2015]
POLITICO – Regional NLRB director again rules against Columbia grad union [October 30, 2015]
Chronicle of Higher Education – Labor Official Rejects Columbia U. Graduate Students’ Bid to Unionize [October 30, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Who makes a university? [October 23, 2015]
Bloomberg Daily Labor Report – NLRB to Mull Restoring Grad Assistant Union Rights [October 23, 2015]
POLITICO – NLRB to review ruling on grad-student unionization [October 21, 2015]
Missourian – Graduate students, still frustrated, hold grade-in [October 16, 2015]
Al Jazeera America – Graduate students nationwide press for right to form union [October 15, 2015]
Law 360 – 3 NLRB Decisions That May Be On The Chopping Block [October 14, 2015]
Free Speech Radio News – Grad students at private universities fight for the right to unionize for employee benefits [October 6, 2015]
The Brooklyn Rail – Back to School, Back to Work [September 8, 2015]
The Nation – Are Graduate Students ‘Workers’? [August 13, 2015]
Material Collective – Union Yes! [July 21, 2015]
The Indypendent – Columbia Grad Student Union Organizers Demand Due Process for Fired Colleague [June 26, 2015]
Capital New York – Columbia: Undergrads, M.A. students shouldn’t unionize [June 25, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Columbia argues precedent blocks favorable outcome for graduate student union in last stage of NLRB hearing [June 25, 2015]
The College Fix – Columbia teaching assistant fired [June 24, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Claiming wrongful termination, former teaching assistant petitions Columbia for reinstatement [June 23, 2015]
DISSENT – Belabored Podcast #78: The Union and the University [May 29, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – YIR 2014-15: Graduate students move to unionize, meet resistance from Columbia [May 4, 2015]
Science – Ivy League graduate students push for unionization [April 28, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – GSAS Dean Carlos Alonso says graduate teaching and research are different from other labor in fourth NLRB hearing [April 23, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate students share experiences of late pay [April 16, 2015]
The Atlantic – Why Graduate Students of America Are Uniting [April 15, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate student teaching of Core courses examined in third NLRB hearing [April 9, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Graduate working conditions are undergraduate learning conditions [April 7, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Lower student-TA ratios benefit all students [April 7, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Columbia lawyers argue UAW, not GWC, is petitioner in second NLRB hearing [April 3, 2015]
Capital New York – Tensions run high at hearing on Columbia grad union petition [April 2, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Hearings to determine Columbia graduate students’ right to unionize begin [April 1, 2015]
Capital New York – Union lawyer worries Columbia will ‘prolong’ NLRB case [May 31, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate students seeking union recognition say Columbia does not provide adequate teacher training [March 22, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Hearing to determine graduate students’ right to unionize scheduled for March 31 [March 22, 2015]
Capital New York – Hearings scheduled in U.A.W. grad union cases [March 20, 2015]
Education Dive – Grad union organizing efforts get a boost in NYC [March 16, 2015]
Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report – NLRB Reinstates UAW Petitions to Represent Graduate Assistants at New School, Columbia [March 16, 2015]
Inside Higher Ed – NLRB opens way to more arguments on behalf of teaching assistant unions at private universities [March 16, 2015]
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Labor Board Reinstates Grad Students’ Union Petitions at Columbia and the New School [March 14, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – National Labor Relations Board to review graduate student petition seeking union recognition [March 14, 2015]
Capital New York – In U.A.W. win, NLRB reinstates grad union petitions [March 13, 2015]
Capital New York – Columbia: No, graduate students are not apprentices [March 12, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Editorial – Graduate students should be allowed to unionize [March 5, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Opinion: Organizing together works [March 5, 2015]
The New York times – Columbia Graduate Students Push for a Labor Union [March 3, 2015]
The Blue and White – Mind the (Wage) Gap [Vol. XXI, No.1]
Columbia Daily Spectator – NEWS ANALYSIS: Fate of union recognition depends on whether graduate students can be considered workers, lawyers say[February 26, 2015]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate Workers of Columbia considers next steps after applying for recognition [February 17, 2015]
Capital New York – Labor board dismisses Columbia grad union petition [February 17, 2015]
the eye – A More Perfect Union – Graduate Workers of Columbia and the complexities of unionizing student workers [February 11, 2015]
Workers Independent News – Labor Radio – Energized By Broader Movement, Columbia University Workers Seek Union Recognition [December 23, 2014] — audio link found here.
The Nation – As the Semester Ends, the Student Movement for Black Lives Turns Up [December 23, 2014]
EIN News Desk – 3,000+ NYC RAS AND TAS PETITION NLRB FOR UNION REPRESENTATION [December 18, 2014]
Inside Higher Ed – UAW Asks NLRB to Back TA Unions at Private Universities [December 18, 2014]
Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report – UAW Petitions NLRB to Represent RAs, TAs at Columbia, New School [December 17, 2014]
In These Times – As Columbia Grad Students Announce Union Drive, UOregon Students Declare Victory in Strike [December 12, 2014]
DISSENT – Belabored Podcast #67: Bodies On the Gears [December 12, 2014]
WBAI Radio – Morning Show [December 8, 2014]
Inside Higher Ed – Next Showdown Over TA Unions at Private Universities? [December 8, 2014]
Capital New York – Columbia grad union sees ‘an emerging trend’ [December 8, 2014]
Columbia Daily Spectator – Graduate student workers move to unionize [December 7, 2014]
The Daily Princetonian – News and Notes: Columbia graduate students trying to form a union [December 7, 2014]
The New Yorker – A Pioneering Union at Columbia? [December 5, 2014]
Al Jazeera – Graduate students fight for union recognition [December 5, 2014]
Examiner – Columbia University graduate students fight for right to unionize [December 5, 2014]
Capital New York – Columbia grad union requests neutrality from administration [December 5, 2014]
Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report – Columbia University Graduate Assistants Ask for Voluntary Recognition of UAW [December 5, 2014]