The CPW-UAW bargaining committee continues working toward a fair agreement–see our latest bargaining update is below. We want to start by acknowledging all the Postdoc/Associate Researchers and many others across Columbia who continue to devote themselves to aiding our
First, we want to give a shout out and thanks to all the Postdoc and Associate Researchers, as well as other members of our community, who are stepping up as volunteers to help with the COVID-19 crisis. The response to
Thanks to everyone who has filled out the CPW-UAW survey on the impact of COVID-19 in our workplace. The feedback suggests that, overall, researchers and the Columbia administration have moved swiftly to adapt to the rapidly-evolving and unprecedented conditions created
Join us on Friday, March 20 to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting researchers. With the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak only becoming more critical, we are converting our planned online town hall into a space to discuss how the crisis is affecting
Online Town Hall this Friday: RSVP for our Online Town Hall on Friday March 20th from 1:00-2:00pm. With only three more weeks to go we encourage all PARs to participate in our campaign to secure a strong first contract. Please
As the situation with COVID19 continues to develop, we are committed to working toward the safety and wellbeing of all members of our campus and wider community. We have been encouraged by Columbia’s efforts to address the concerns of students
With roughly four weeks to go before our April 6 deadline, we had another somewhat productive bargaining session yesterday. We reached two new tentative agreements (which would establish protections against retaliation for pursuing complaints related to the University’s
Please share your thoughts on bullying, harassment and discrimination at Columbia. In our last bargaining session on Thursday, we did not reach any new tentative agreements, but had more constructive discussion around Compensation, Appointments/Reappointments, Leaves, Vacation, Intellectual Property, Grievance and
Please click here to share your thoughts confidentially on why we need stronger protections on bullying, harasment and discrimination. After more than one year of negotiations, we have reached agreement on some important topics that we believe will enhance life
Sign our open letter asking Congressional representatives for support! In bargaining Wednesday, we got the first serious indication that Columbia may be starting to listen to us. We reached one more important tentative agreement (Discharge and Discipline, summarized below), and