{"id":4230,"date":"2021-03-03T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2021-03-03T16:47:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:47:58","slug":"preparing-to-strike-general-body-meetings-3-8-3-9-and-picket-sign-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/2021\/03\/03\/preparing-to-strike-general-body-meetings-3-8-3-9-and-picket-sign-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing to Strike: General Body Meetings (3\/8 &#038; 3\/9) and Picket Sign-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As negotiations with the University continue, we are ramping up for our potential strike. The strike deadline is set for March 15th. We invite you to our two upcoming General Body Meetings:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, March 8, 6-7:15 PM ET (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/86497945892?pwd=cEpsMGttb082N3BmMk1zY3JPVWpYZz09\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">registration link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">); and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, March 9, 9-10:15 AM ET (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88902401169?pwd=bWQxQXNGQ1VFRVBkZ2VmRk9Wc2szZz09\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">registration link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We encourage everyone who can to attend one or both of these meetings in order to discuss the logistics of the potential strike and to hear from our Bargaining Committee on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GWC-Leaders-Letter-to-Provost-20210201.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">outstanding issues in bargaining<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We have made great progress since Fall but we are still far apart on these articles and need to put pressure on Columbia so that they do the right thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfGAVWPQboNsVGotcwj5iY3T-wXNb2z51gBT-HSQTOPVv7-oA\/viewform\"><b>COMMIT TO STRIKE HERE!<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, we are launching a sign-up for in-person picket lines <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScrQ8EICwDnxTvy9nMzYtK0Jfp-Q1rvQMgF6U1fZWC0IaHNnw\/viewform\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The sign-up for virtual picketing will be released soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to have a strong, visible picket line, it will be important to spend as close to 20 hours per week on the line in lieu of working as possible. In addition, to qualify for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/faq\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strike benefits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we&#8217;re asking all strikers to participate in at least 10 hours of picket line activity (in-person, virtually, or both). If you need an exemption, please check off the question in the picket line sign-up and an organizer will be in touch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As negotiations with the University continue, we are ramping up for our potential strike. The strike deadline is set for March 15th. We invite you to our two upcoming General Body Meetings: Monday, March 8, 6-7:15 PM ET (registration link);<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4230"}],"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=4230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4231,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4230\/revisions\/4231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}