Recent Postdoc and Associate Researcher actions appear to have had some positive effect on Columbia’s approach to our negotiations and desire to reach an agreement in the near future, as well as their responses to more immediate concerns on COVID-19.
Please click here if you are concerned about returning to work next week Although the University has not announced a definite research ramp-up start date, we have heard numerous concerns from researchers who are expected to resume some amount of
Please Sign our Letter to the Admin Demanding a Fair Contract We clearly need to send a stronger message to the Columbia administration to reach agreement on a fair contract. The Columbia team came to our Thursday session with virtually
Tell Columbia to respect researchers by agreeing to a fair contract as we all take on COVID-19. As a group, Columbia Postdocs and ARSs have stepped up to help fight this pandemic. In addition to working as essential employees maintaining
Click here–write Congress now to protect Researchers and other Academic Workers. Join us in sending a letter to congress with this pre-filled, customizable letter that makes advocating to congress for additional resources easy and fast. Last week our elected bargaining
Compared to last week, when Columbia’s team withdrew proposed salary increases and accused us of wasting time during the COVID-19 crisis (even though hundreds of us have been volunteering to help address the crisis), we had a much more pleasant
Read the CPW-UAW Bargaining Committee letter urging Congress to increase research funding After several sessions where we believed we were building momentum toward agreement on a fair contract, Columbia has now moved backwards. The Columbia administration team started off our
Follow the CPW-UAW FB Page as we fight to finish a fair contract! After meeting again with the Columbia administration team last week, we have another brief update on COVID-19 issues, as well as our continued negotiations for our first
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