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This Thursday, April 1 at 6:30pm we will meet to discuss the work that our Local’s Community Action Program (CAP) working group has been doing. We will also discuss the process of endorsing political candidates through our union in NYC. 

As briefly discussed at our last membership meeting, our Local, as part of the UAW Community Action Program (CAP) participates in the process of endorsements of political candidates in NYC. Next Thursday April 1 at 6:30pm we will discuss the

This is a reminder that our colleagues, Graduate Workers of Columbia (GWC), continue to strike for a fair contract this week. Picket lines will take place from 10-2pm at the Morningside Campus today and Friday, and at the Manhattanville campus

At our last membership meeting we heard reports from our unionized colleagues, the Graduate Workers of Columbia, about their contract negotiations. Support from our union will help them win a fair contract, strengthen the collective voice of academic workers at

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