We are excited that our mandate for collective bargaining has gained national press attention as well as support from elected leaders right here in New York City. Check out our news coverage from around the country including new outlets such
The NLRB just finished counting ballots and we voted by an overwhelming 68% (729-yes to 339-no), in favor of Columbia Postdoctoral Workers-UAW as our union. We will have more information soon regarding next steps in our campaign. For now,
We are very excited that our election on unionization is less than one week away on October 2nd and 3rd. We have a historic opportunity to vote ‘yes’ and secure our ability to bargain a fair contract with the university
Huge news! The regional National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just set dates for our election on unionization to take place on October 2nd and 3rd. We are happy to report that the regional NLRB rejected Columbia’s attempt to deny
We are happy to report that we concluded our hearings at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) yesterday. For our case, we had two postdoctoral researcher witnesses give testimony about their experiences at Columbia showing the common conditions
Yesterday we completed our first day of hearings at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Columbia did not accept our petition to have all Postdoctoral Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Research Fellows and Associate Research Scientists vote on and be
Come to a Postdoc Union town hall to find out more about our upcoming vote. Last week, we took an exciting step forward by filing a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to certify our union. As we
A Big Step Forward for our Postdoc Union: CPW-UAW Files a Petition with the NLRB We are excited to announce that today we filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking certification of CPW-UAW as our union!
NEW YORK CITY — A majority of the 2,000 postdoctoral researchers at Columbia University have formed a union and today filed a petition initiating the certification process with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). “After hundreds of conversations, meetings and
Join us as we rally with the Graduate Workers of Columbia (GWC-UAW) at the March to End Family Separation, tomorrow (Saturday, June 30th) at 10am. Tomorrow, we will join thousands of New Yorkers in a national day of action to