Our Contract is 1 year old 🎉 What are your priorities for Year 2? As we mark the one year anniversary of our first contract (also the first-ever contract for Postdocs at a private university!), we wanted to take a
[RSVP] July membership meeting next Monday July 19th at 8:30pm
Our July membership meeting will be next Monday, June 19th at 8:30pm.  RSVP here to attend our membership meeting Following our monthly financial and membership reports, we will discuss our campaign to win protections against bullying/power-based harassment, the upcoming UAW
[UNION SURVEY] Let’s Keep Making Columbia a Better Place for Research
What are your priorities as a researcher at Columbia? As a new union of over 1,600 Postdocs and Associate Researchers at Columbia – the first for postdoctoral researchers at a private university – it is important that we continually seek
Salary raises on the new Fiscal Year and other updates
Enjoy your 4th of July weekend. As a reminder Monday July 5th is a holiday. As established in our contract (Art. 11 Section 1), if you have to work on Monday you can ask for an alternative day off. In
Sunday, 6/27: Join UAW members at the Queer Liberation March!
Like last year, members of Local 4100 will be joining the Queer Liberation March with other NYC UAW members. We will gather this Sunday, June 27th at 2:30pm in the southwest corner of Bryant Park (40th and 6th avenue). RSVP
Report from June Union Membership Meeting
Some updates from our June membership meeting:Â We voted on holding our upcoming membership meetings on Mondays, mid-month at 8:30pm – Check the calendar on our Website! Updates on our campaign to win protections against bullying/power-based harassment. Trans-affirming surgery issues
[RSVP] Tonight! June membership meeting: Monday, June 14th at 6:30pm
Our June membership meeting will be tonight Monday, June 14th at 6:30pm.  RSVP here to attend our membership meeting For the first hour of the meeting we will: Hear our monthly financial and membership reports. Vote on a schedule of
[RSVP] June membership meeting next Monday June 14th at 6:30pm & other topics
In this email you will find: June membership meeting and proposed agenda topics. Amendments and appeals for the statement on Israel and Palestine If you have more than 23 vacation days accumulated, take them before June 30! June membership meeting
Union Updates
In this email you will find:Â Next steps for our union statement on Israel and Palestine Process going forward to discuss statements like this one Implementing and building on our contract: Raises, Anti-Bullying committee, Retirement benefits Reminder: UAW Region 9A
Wednesday, 5/19: Discussion on the conflict in Israel and Palestine
At our membership meeting yesterday, several members of our union raised their interest in discussing “Writing a letter to express solidarity with Palestinians”. After some discussion, members decided that more time would be necessary to properly reflect and reach agreement