• October 5th, 24th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    October 5th, 24th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    August 14th, 10:00 AM @ Studebaker (Manhatanville), Room 469 Informal Organizing Committee notes ARTICLE 2: APPOINTMENTS – Tentatively Agreed ARTICLE 4: CHILDCARE:  ARTICLE 3: BENEFITS ARTICLE 5: COMPENSATION ARTICLE 29: CONTRACT DURATION DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE? Read the

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  • August 31st, 18th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    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

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  • August 1st, 17th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    August 1st, 17th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    August 1st, 11:30 AM @ Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center (CUMC), Rooms 404-405 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

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  • July 31st, 16th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    July 31st, 16th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    July 31st, 11:30 AM @ Studebaker (Manhatanville), Room 465 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 have

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  • July 18th, 15th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    July 18th, 15th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    July 18th, 11:30 AM @ Studebaker (Manhatanville), Room 465 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 – CU Admin

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  • June 30th, 14th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    June 30th, 14th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    June 30th, 12:00 PM @ Hammer Building (CUMC), Room LL-110 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 – After

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  • June 29th, 13th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    June 29th, 13th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    June 29th, 10:30 AM @ Studebaker, Room 469Informal 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 – CU Admin continues to

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  • June 22nd, 12th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    June 22nd, 12th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    June 22th, 10:30 AM @ Hammer, Room LL-210 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 have submitted

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  • June 14th, 11th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    June 14th, 11th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    June 14th, 10:30 AM @ Hammer, Room LL-106 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 – CU Admin is

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  • June 12th, 10th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    June 12th, 10th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    June 12th, 10:30 AM @ Hammer, Room LL-107. 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 – This session focused

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  • June 8th, 9th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    June 8th, 9th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    June 8th, 1:45 PM @ Hammer, Room LL-207Informal 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 moved closer to

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  • May 31st, 8th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    May 31st, 8th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    May 31st, 10:30 am @ Hammer, Room LL1-110 Informal Organizing Committee notes We arrived at 10:30 am. The Columbia administration arrived around 10:45 am, and we got started. This was a long session focusing mostly on non-economic articles. We came

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  • May 23rd, 7th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    May 23rd, 7th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    May 23rd, 10:30 am @ Studebaker, 4th floor, Room 469 Informal Organizing Committee notes We arrived at 10:30 am, the Columbia Administration arrived around 10:45 pm, and we got started. 20 of us were in the room: 11 Postdocs/ARS sitting

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  • May 19th, 6th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    May 19th, 6th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    May 19th, 10:45 am @ Studebaker, 469 For background – this session wasn’t on our original schedule, but was recently added to the schedule – planned as a special session targeted to discuss the topic of childcare given that due

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  • May 15th, 5th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    May 15th, 5th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    May 15th, 1:30 pm @ Hammer LL2-201 We arrived at 1:30 pm, the Columbia administration arrived around 1:45 pm, and we got started.  17 of us were in the room: 11 postdocs/ARS sitting behind our Bargaining Team of 6. Session

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  • May 11th, 4th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    May 11th, 4th NEGOTIATING SESSION

    May 11th, 10 am @ Hammer LL2-207 We arrived at 10am, the Columbia administration arrived around 10:25 am, and we got started.  25 of us were in the room right now fighting for a better contract. There are 15 postdocs

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  • May 9th, 3rd NEGOTIATION SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    May 9th, 3rd NEGOTIATION SESSION

    May 9th, 10 am @ Studebaker, Room 469. We arrived at 10am, the Columbia administration arrived around 10:15 am, and we got started.  20 of us were in the room right now fighting for a better contract. There are 13

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  • May 3rd, 2nd NEGOTIATION SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    May 3rd, 2nd NEGOTIATION SESSION

    May 3rd, 1pm @ Hammer Building, LL210. Members of the two bargaining teams arrived (Postdoc Union, Administration 13 mins late). Negotiations started.   35 of us are in the room right now fighting for a better contract. There are 25 postdocs

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  • April 20th, 1st NEGOTIATION SESSION

    Throughout the day we pause the bargaining process to discuss strategy with all postdocs and ARSs in the room, without the administration bargaining team. This is called caucusing. It only works if people join the bargaining sessions—that’s why hybrid bargaining is so important.

    April 20th, 1st NEGOTIATION SESSION

    April 20th, 10am @ Studebaker Building, 4th Floor. Members of the two bargaining teams (Postdoc Union, Administration) introduced themselves. Negotiations started.   We asked for hybrid meetings for the negotiation sessions. The university pushed against hybrid bargaining.  We, the union, want

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