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Congressional Support COVID19

Read the letter our elected bargaining committee sent to NY and US Representatives asking for additional funding and resources to support Postdoctoral and Associate Research Scientists in their crucial role to solve the COVID-19 crisis. 

CPW-UAW-2020-Letter-to-Congress-COVID-Funding

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We are proud to be part of this effort together with UAW Academic Workers!

What Joe Biden has promised to do on "Day One" and in his first 100 days as president
In speeches, interviews, and in at least 49 published plans released during his presidential campaign, Biden talked about the actions he'd take in the earliest days of his administration.
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"Raising children as full-time researchers has become a zero-sum game." Check out this opinion piece in the Spec, written by Zunaira Shuja, Subrata Chowdhury, Abhishek Kar and Hila Milo Rasouly --> ... See MoreSee Less

Childcare is a necessity. Columbia isn’t treating it as one.

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As both parents and scientific researchers at Columbia, we are panicked by New York’s surging COVID-19 infection rates. Since March, no student has completely returned to school. Some students are i...
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How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward - Center for American Progress

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The collapse of the child care sector and drastic reductions in school supervision hours as a result of COVID-19 could drive millions of mothers out of the paid workforce. Inaction could cost billions...
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CPWUAWColumbia Postdoctoral Workers@CPWUAW·
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We are proud our Local joined other organized academic workers on this effort!

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“Hands up don’t shoot!” We condemn the arrests of several peaceful strikers on the @Teamsters picket line tonight at Hunts Point Market. These essential workers deserve their $1 raise

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18 Jan

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent." MLK

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The COVID-19 pandemic has severely reduced access to affordable childcare across the country.

As the union of postdoctoral researchers at @Columbia, we’ve been calling on the university to provide more support for members of the parent community. Here’s why, 1/

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13 Jan

We stand with the +4000 tuition strikers and @columbiaydsa in their efforts to hold Columbia accountable and ensure it lives up to its ideals as an equitable and transparent institution. Read our statement ⬇️

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#CUtuitionstrike

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