{"id":523,"date":"2015-07-15T23:51:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T23:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/?p=523"},"modified":"2015-07-16T14:02:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T14:02:59","slug":"winning-improvements-for-grad-workers-with-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/2015\/07\/15\/winning-improvements-for-grad-workers-with-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning Improvements for Grad Workers with Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>HELPING MAKE COLUMBIA MORE FAMILY-FRIENDLY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re writing to update you on a major achievement by Columbia graduate workers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Two days ago Dean Carlos Alonso sent out an email announcing improved benefits for funded PhD students with families, including extended parental leave, increased childcare subsidies, a new campus lactation room, and an adoption assistance program.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dean Alonso&#8217;s email did not, however, mention the forces that brought about these changes: months of sustained advocacy by GSAC, union activists, and grad workers with families. In the words of a key advocate for improved family policies, GWC organizer and parent Emma O&#8217;Loughlin B\u00e9rat,&#8221;There is no doubt in my mind that the pressure of the union helped to motivate these changes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The improved family policy clearly shows that by standing together to demand just compensation for our labor, grad workers can make Columbia a better place to work and live. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re continuing to fight every day for legal recognition of our union and restoration of our collective bargaining rights: so we can have a strong voice in determining our own working conditions and benefits. We&#8217;ll also keep fighting to have these benefits extended to our colleagues in schools other than GSAS.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When we organize to speak up for our rights and interests, the administration has to listen: working together works!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELPING MAKE COLUMBIA MORE FAMILY-FRIENDLY We&#8217;re writing to update you on a major achievement by Columbia graduate workers. Two days ago Dean Carlos Alonso sent out an email announcing improved benefits for funded PhD students with families, including extended parental<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526,"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\/2015\/07\/ORGANIZING-TOGETHER.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523"}],"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=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions\/525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}