{"id":2802,"date":"2018-03-26T15:37:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T15:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2018-04-02T00:34:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T00:34:58","slug":"strike-authorization-vote-starts-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/2018\/03\/26\/strike-authorization-vote-starts-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike Authorization Vote Starts 4\/2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In February, we published an <\/span>open letter<\/span><\/a> announcing our commitment to organize for a strike authorization vote if Columbia refused to begin bargaining with us. Provost Coatsworth <\/span>responded<\/span><\/a>, exhorting us not to strike because of the massive effect withdrawing our labor might have on teaching, scholarship, and research at Columbia\u2014and implicitly acknowledging that the university does, in fact, rely on our labor. But Provost Coatsworth, and the rest of the administration, refuse to do the one thing that would be certain to avert a strike: sit down and bargain with us.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have waited long enough.<\/span> Our strike authorization vote will be held from Monday, April 2 through Friday, April 13. <\/b><\/p>\n

Voting will be held in-person at the following locations as well as through a moving ballot box that can be followed on <\/span>our twitter account<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n