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This is a reminder that our March Membership Meeting is tonight, March 15th at 6pm over zoom. Please click here to register for the meeting. Among other topics, we will vote on a statement of support for our unionized teaching

We are pleased to announce that in response to the organizing and advocacy of parents in our Union during the ongoing pandemic-related childcare crisis, Columbia will offer employees with children under the age of 13 an additional crisis care benefit

This is a reminder that our March Membership Meeting will be next Monday, March 15, at 6pm. Please click here to RSVP for the online membership meeting.  Campus solidarity: We will discuss how to support our graduate worker colleagues in

We have received inquiries related to vacation and time off under our union contract and there is misinformation circulating that we want to clarify.  Please fill out this short survey to let us know what is happening in your department. 

Today marks the two year anniversary of the start of contract negotiations between our unionized graduate student worker colleagues (GWC-UAW) and Columbia. The university administration has refused to make progress on a number of important issues. If Columbia does not

In recent membership meetings we have discussed helping a fellow postdoc at Columbia who has been charged with over $3,000 in unfair health insurance fees after enrolling in the American Language Program. The University has been unwilling to reverse these

At our February membership meeting last Monday we heard a report from our union colleagues in the Graduate Workers of Columbia (GWC). Thursday, February 25 marks the two year anniversary of their negotiations for a first contract, but Columbia has

Our February Membership Meeting will be next Monday, February 15, at 6pm. Please click here to RSVP for our online membership meeting. At the meeting we will hold an election for new members of our Elections Committee. As per our bylaws any

You are invited to this year’s 29th UAW Annual Civil and Human Rights Awards Ceremony, which will be held tomorrow (Thursday), February 4th at 7pm over zoom. Each year, UAW members in our region gather to celebrate achievements in fighting to expand our

At this moment, the members of Teamsters Local 202 at Hunts Point Distribution Center are entering day 6 of their strike for a fair contract in the Bronx! The Hunts Point Produce Market supplies 60% of all produce in NYC,