{"id":3894,"date":"2020-09-28T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T14:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:56:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T14:56:13","slug":"political-organizing-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/2020\/09\/28\/political-organizing-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Organizing Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">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 of this country and the direction our community will take. Surely many of you would like to continue to the larger political organizing efforts\u2014please use the resources below to get involved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Labor Votes!\u00a0<\/strong>New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO will conduct phone bank opportunities for NYC union members to reach out to other union households both in NYC and in battleground states, every Tuesday and Thursday 5-8 PM EST. Your goal will be to provide voters information on labor-endorsed candidates in their communities, as well as encourage members to call their legislators to ensure COVID-related legislation is passed and signed into law immediately. Sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2&amp;id=75f95fdddf&amp;e=9bf023bbab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2%26id%3D75f95fdddf%26e%3D9bf023bbab&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601650250794000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFoetZmsibf5G92AXtlai4iep29GA\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Text voters:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2&amp;id=7ee22a750a&amp;e=9bf023bbab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2%26id%3D7ee22a750a%26e%3D9bf023bbab&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601650250794000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFdVTAe-ALwK8psXDg6odxh3QQCjw\">https:\/\/votetrumpout.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Send postcards to voters:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2&amp;id=0cebb9aa44&amp;e=9bf023bbab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2%26id%3D0cebb9aa44%26e%3D9bf023bbab&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601650250794000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFrnbiMm-MtUezmMZEkpfFb0YH-Vw\">https:\/\/postcards.<wbr \/>sunrisemovement.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Register to be a poll worker:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2&amp;id=0b8c1fdc83&amp;e=9bf023bbab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2%26id%3D0b8c1fdc83%26e%3D9bf023bbab&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601650250794000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFvtsjqQKGokFjFKO740qXh--eNOg\">https:\/\/www.morethanavote.org<\/a>.<wbr \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Look up a number of low-effort ways to get involved:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2&amp;id=7187a6323b&amp;e=9bf023bbab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2%26id%3D7187a6323b%26e%3D9bf023bbab&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601650250794000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE2sWTJpDpBKqDDSLOVbImRyz7nxQ\">https:\/\/www.nothimus.org\/lets-<wbr \/>get-to-work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Fill out the census:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2&amp;id=198318998a&amp;e=9bf023bbab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2%26id%3D198318998a%26e%3D9bf023bbab&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601650250794000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHq8N_yL-oCkAtfZcbRVnpfB92UHQ\">https:\/\/2020census.gov\/en.html<\/a><wbr \/>.\u00a0Everyone living in the U.S., documented or not, should participate. It takes only a moment to fill out and is very important in determining how many representatives each State will get in Congress for the next 10 years and how much federal funding communities will receive for infrastructure, education, housing, and social programs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>GWC STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH NYDCC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Graduate Workers of Columbia\u2019s Organizing Committee stands in solidarity with the New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters protesting the university\u2019s intention to once again use non-union contracting companies with documented histories of unsafe working conditions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In constructing a dorm, Columbia has elected to work with Mamais Contracting Corporation&#8211;a company that was sued under Federal and New York State law for underpaying construction workers and failing to pay overtime on a Columbia job&#8211;and Trident General Contracting&#8211;recently sued in Federal court for racial discrimination and retaliatory firing for their new project on 125th Street. We echo NYCDCC\u2019s demand that Columbia stop undermining, exploiting, and cheating workers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong id=\"m_4588796844414889146docs-internal-guid-129f7f9a-7fff-99ba-01cd-d0c134185c16\">GWC OC urges our members to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2&amp;id=bf43acc424&amp;e=9bf023bbab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/columbiagradunion.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbf112f248486fb48a139e6aa2%26id%3Dbf43acc424%26e%3D9bf023bbab&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601650250794000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHbWaTzxACUXXUFmISVauqgxMi4hQ\">sign in solidarity with NYCDCC workers<\/a>\u00a0in holding Columbia accountable for putting money into the pockets of contractors who undermine, exploit, and cheat New Yorkers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"m_4588796844414889146docs-internal-guid-cbb3f925-7fff-d7c8-4bf4-ed510122afad\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"CToWUd a6T aligncenter colorbox-3894\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/TR6jDcbv2OfjtuzFMXyThBnSHGw2_MY_MIBTNvDzgLam2n7Bz16NRnUD2i1k1kMse-wRnuaPpAEqmGZTqQpjXQhC4RSdRmkM8cIIvfd_HkroFy8jxqKoHNl1n5IfpXdS8Hhw7xs2\" width=\"624\" height=\"719\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/LOGO-PNG.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3895,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions\/3895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}