Thank you to everyone who participated in our election on bargaining committee eligibility. Voting ended today at 5PM. Here are the results:
Question #1 – What past, current, or future employment status should qualify a Columbia student to vote for a member of the GWC-UAW bargaining committee?
Option 1: 28.64%
Option 2: 8.62%
Option 3: 46.24%
Option 4: 16.5%
Question #2 – What past, current, or future employment status should qualify a Columbia student to run for the GWC-UAW bargaining committee?
Option 1: 37.64%
Option 2: 28.7%
Option 3: 23.11%
Option 4: 10.56%
The purpose of this vote is to determine who is eligible to run for, and eligible to vote for, our bargaining committee for the first Graduate Workers of Columbia (GWC-UAW Local 2110) contract. “UAW members are represented at the bargaining table by their bargaining committee… The committee’s job is to attend all negotiating meetings, and do the necessary research and fact-finding to ensure that member’s interests are protected. The committee should also be aware of member priorities and concerns and be prepared to update membership when appropriate.”
We will be meeting to discuss and vote on this issue on Monday, December 19th, from 4-6 pm in 754 Schermerhorn Extension. Those who are unable to make it to this meeting will be able to vote online anytime before 5:00 pm EDT, Friday, December 23rd. The online vote was sent electronically over e-mail. If you did not receive this e-mail please tell us at columbiagradunion@gmail.com or fill out the form below to request to receive this email and an ID to be able to participate. The ID is necessary to ensure that individuals do not vote twice.
In order to represent the widest pool of people who may be affected by this decision, any current Columbia graduate student and any Columbia undergraduate currently employed as a TA is eligible to vote on this question. Note that this vote only addresses eligibility to run for bargaining committee for GWC’s first contract.
***If you know of an RA or TA who has not received this email, but would like to get involved in the union and participate in this vote, please tell them to email us at columbiagradunion@gmail.com and request to receive this email and an ID to be able to participate. The ID is necessary to ensure that individuals do not vote twice.
Items for Voting
Question #1 – What past, current, or future employment status should qualify a Columbia student to vote for a member of the GWC-UAW bargaining committee?
Option 1 – Columbia graduate and undergraduate students who are currently employed by the university according to the categories outlined by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Columbia decision (i.e. graduate and undergraduate Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows, Preceptors, Course Assistants, Readers, Graders, Graduate Research Assistants [including those on Training Grants], and All Departmental Research Assistants).
Option 2 – Columbia graduate and undergraduate students who are currently or have been at some point in the past employed by the university in one of the categories outlined by the NLRB decision.
Option 3 – Columbia graduate and undergraduate students who are currently employed by the university, have been employed by the university in the past, or whose program includes a degree requirement to be employed by the university in one of the categories outlined by the NLRB decision.
Option 4 – Columbia graduate or undergraduate students who are currently employed by the university, have been employed by the university in the past, who will be required to be employed by the university in the future as part of their degree completion, or who may choose to but are not required to be employed by the university in one of the categories outlined by the NLRB decision.
Question #2 – What past, current, or future employment status should qualify a Columbia student to run for the GWC-UAW bargaining committee?
Option 1 – Columbia graduate and undergraduate students who are currently employed by the university according to the categories outlined by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Columbia decision (i.e. graduate and undergraduate Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows, Preceptors, Course Assistants, Readers, Graders, Graduate Research Assistants [including those on Training Grants], and All Departmental Research Assistants).
Option 2 – Columbia graduate and undergraduate students who are currently or have been at some point in the past employed by the university in one of the categories outlined by the NLRB decision.
Option 3 – Columbia graduate and undergraduate students who are currently employed by the university, have been employed by the university in the past, or whose program includes a degree requirement to be employed by the university in one of the categories outlined by the NLRB decision.
Option 4 – Columbia graduate or undergraduate students who are currently employed by the university, have been employed by the university in the past, who will be required to be employed by the university in the future as part of their degree completion, or who may choose to but are not required to be employed by the university in one of the categories outlined by the NLRB decision.