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Columbia Must Address Inflation: Protest for a fair contract on Thursday, 9/7

Columbia Must Address Inflation: Protest for a fair contract on Thursday, 9/7

After receiving CU admin’s unreasonable and unrealistic offer last Thursday (a compensation offer that is a real-terms pay cut), one thing became clear to all of our members in attendance: our strike authorization vote was unfortunately not enough to get

CPW-UAW September 5, 2023September 7, 2023 News Read more

Columbia continues to refuse any significant improvement

Columbia continues to refuse any significant improvement

Yesterday we had our first bargaining session since our Strike Authorization Vote and we wanted to give a quick update, given how Columbia’s administration has behaved on the table.  As a reminder, we ONLY had our economic package left to

CPW-UAW September 1, 2023September 7, 2023 News Read more

98% of union members vote YES in Strike Authorization Vote!

98% of union members vote YES in Strike Authorization Vote!

We are excited to inform you that our contract campaign is in full swing after these 2 past weeks of organizing for our historic strike authorization vote. Here are the headlines:  🗳️ 962 postdocs & associate researchers voted in our

CPW-UAW August 28, 2023September 7, 2023 News Read more

Strike Authorization Vote Results are in! Majority Votes YES!

Strike Authorization Vote Results are in! Majority Votes YES!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Strike Authorization Vote, which ended yesterday at midnight. Postdocs and Associate Researchers at Columbia University cast a total of 962 ballots. Union members voted with a majority of 97.56% Yes to authorize

CPW-UAW August 25, 2023September 7, 2023 News Read more

Vote Now! LAST DAY of our Strike Authorization Vote!

Vote Now! LAST DAY of our Strike Authorization Vote!

Please take a minute to vote YES in our Strike Authorization Vote. Since opening our Strike Authorization Vote last week hundreds of postdocs and ARS from across the university have participated, and we’re excited to continue talking with colleagues as

CPW-UAW August 24, 2023September 7, 2023 News Read more

Vote Now! 48HR LEFT of our Strike Authorization Vote!

Vote Now! 48HR LEFT of our Strike Authorization Vote!

Please take a minute to vote YES in our Strike Authorization Vote. Only today and tomorrow left to vote in our historic Strike Authorization Vote! In response to the wave of postdocs organizing nationally and researcher strikes at University of

CPW-UAW August 23, 2023September 7, 2023 News Read more

Update! Sinai Postdocs Voted YES to Authorize a Strike

Update! Sinai Postdocs Voted YES to Authorize a Strike

Please take a minute to vote YES in our Strike Authorization Vote. We are excited to announce that our fellow unionized postdocs at Mount Sinai have voted by an overwhelming 91% to authorize their Bargaining Committee to call a strike

CPW-UAW August 22, 2023September 7, 2023 News Read more

VOTE NOW: Strike Authorization Vote Ends on Thursday, 8/24

VOTE NOW: Strike Authorization Vote Ends on Thursday, 8/24

Please take a minute to vote YES in our Strike Authorization Vote. Since opening our Strike Authorization Vote last week hundreds of postdocs and ARS from across the university have participated, and we’re excited to continue talking with colleagues as

CPW-UAW August 21, 2023September 7, 2023 News Read more

NYU Langone postdocs got a raise to $70K, VOTE YES to win as much in our contract!

NYU Langone postdocs got a raise to $70K, VOTE YES to win as much in our contract!

Did you hear that NYU Langone postdoc salaries are going to $70K this December? This is a clear response to their organizing efforts to form a union 🔥. The latest offer of Columbia of $63,6000 for our new minimum salaries

CPW-UAW August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 News Read more

August 31st, 18th NEGOTIATING SESSION

August 31st, 18th NEGOTIATING SESSION

August 14th, 10:00 AM @ Studebaker (Manhatanville), Room 469 Informal Organizing Committee notes Your participation in Bargaining is very much appreciated! Join us in person or on our Slack channel to share your opinion/thoughts/concerns. Take home message – We won

CPW-UAW August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 Bargaining Sessions Read more
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