{"id":2079,"date":"2017-03-20T13:58:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2017-03-21T13:59:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T13:59:30","slug":"columbia-delays-again-meeting-next-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/2017\/03\/20\/columbia-delays-again-meeting-next-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Delays Again; meeting next Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the weekend, Columbia\u2019s administration and their lawyers chose to appeal the regional NLRB\u2019s recommendation to dismiss the University\u2019s objections to our December election. \u00a0While we are optimistic that the Board in Washington, D.C., will uphold the regional NLRB recommendation and re-affirm our election result, we are deeply disappointed that Columbia and its lawyers have once again used the legal process to delay bargaining. \u00a0Visit our website to read the full filings, including their \u201cexceptions\u201d to the regional NLRB report<\/a>, their 117-page brief in support of the exceptions<\/a>, and the regional board\u2019s decisive rejection of the university\u2019s spurious claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Columbia administrators\u2019 continued pattern of opposing the democratic will of RAs and TAs is unacceptable, and cuts against the spirit of our university. \u00a0Not only did we vote \u201cunion yes\u201d by an overwhelming 1602-623 margin in December – a majority of RAs and TAs also reaffirmed support for the union in January by signing on to our petition urging Columbia to drop the objections<\/a> and come to the bargaining table. Columbia\u2019s effort to annul those votes also ignores the 30,000 allies who signed our petition, as well as numerous elected leaders who have urged the University to respect our democratic vote<\/a> and start bargaining.<\/p>\n

While we will be submitting a formal response to the NLRB, we must also continue to make clear to central administrators that we will not wait quietly while they exhaust the legal process hoping to play for time, stalling until the current presidential administration appoints labor-unfriendly judges and board members. If you would like to get more involved in efforts to bring Columbia to the bargaining table, please send us an email.<\/p>\n

GWC-UAW General Meeting: Thursday, March 30<\/span><\/span> (6:30 pm<\/span><\/span>, Avery 114)<\/strong>
\nCome to our March general meeting next week. \u00a0We will discuss the next steps in our campaign to get Columbia to start bargaining, and the Bargaining Committee will give a report on their preparations, which will move us forward despite the University\u2019s resistance. \u00a0If you have not done so yet, join the nearly 1,500 of our colleagues and fill out the GWC-UAW bargaining survey, which will empower the bargaining committee with the detailed knowledge of your concerns and experiences.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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