{"id":5462,"date":"2021-10-26T14:21:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T18:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/?p=5462"},"modified":"2021-10-26T14:21:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T18:21:56","slug":"help-us-make-anti-bullying-policy-recommendations-upcoming-actions-to-support-swc-and-hgsu-union-siblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/help-us-make-anti-bullying-policy-recommendations-upcoming-actions-to-support-swc-and-hgsu-union-siblings\/","title":{"rendered":"Help us make anti-bullying policy recommendations + upcoming actions to support SWC and HGSU union siblings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BANNER-UPDATED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BANNER-UPDATED.png 1200w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BANNER-UPDATED-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BANNER-UPDATED-768x128.png 768w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BANNER-UPDATED-1024x171.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this email you will find:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help us make policy recommendations for the anti-bullying committee &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meeting next Wednesday 11\/03<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support Columbia graduate workers union, SWC, in their negotiations &#8211; rally tomorrow Wednesday 10\/27 at 3pm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support to Harvard graduate workers, HGSU UAW Local 5118, going on strike tomorrow through Friday\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reminder about UAW referendum on method to elect our International leadership\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>University-wide anti-bullying working group<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University-wide anti-bullying working group has been meeting weekly to generate a policy recommendation that (i) defines bullying behaviors and (ii) develops processes to address complaints of bullying. So far, the committee has focused mainly on the definition of bullying. In the upcoming weeks, the committee will start to develop processes for addressing complaints.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are having a general meeting for union members to discuss the progress so far and get feedback on all aspects of the policy recommendation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZwkce-urT0uHd2l8fGcRT7zUO4qmkScDki_\"><b>Please RSVP to join our meeting next Wednesday 11\/03 at 6pm<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To facilitate discussion, we will share the draft policy document that the committee is working on before the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Student Workers at Columbia, SWC &#8211; rally for a fair contract!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our teaching and research assistant colleagues in the Student Workers of Columbia-UAW have set a strike deadline for November 3rd, and will go on strike if Columbia does not agree to a fair contract by that date. They are organizing <\/span><b>a <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SW_Columbia\/status\/1451982677867905028?s=20\"><b>rally tomorrow<\/b><\/a><b> at Low Library on the main campus at 3pm.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Join to show our support!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>HGSU UAW Local 5118 going into strike!<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At our last membership meeting we approved to write a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CPW-in-support-to-HGSU-5118.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">letter of support<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to our Union colleagues at Harvard and donate $1,000 to their hardship fund as they will go into strike for a fair contract.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are in the area, join HGSU on the picket lines! They will be picketing from 9am- 4pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week at 2 locations:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambridge Location: Check in at the strike tent at the Science Center Plaza- 1 Oxford St. Cambridge MA 02138<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Longwood Location: Check in at a tent outside the Countway Library- 10 Shattuck St. Boston, MA 02115.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>REMINDER!! UAW referendum on how to elect International Leadership<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ballots for the UAW national referendum on how to elect our International Leadership (the International Executive Board, IEB) are being mailed. This referendum could have a profound impact on our union going forward, don\u2019t forget to cast your vote!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should get your ballot at your mailing address. Check if you received it and don\u2019t hesitate to reach out if you did not or have any other issues. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/historic-uaw-vote-will-affect-our-union-for-years-to-come-make-your-voice-heard\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get more information here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In solidarity,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CPW-UAW Local 4100 Executive Board<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P.S. &#8211; To stay informed about our union, make sure to follow us on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/BdMzRa7RA8sXMZui6\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slack<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPWUAW\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ColumbiaPostdocUnion\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this email you will find:\u00a0 Help us make policy recommendations for the anti-bullying committee &#8211; meeting next Wednesday 11\/03 Support Columbia graduate workers union, SWC, in their negotiations &#8211; rally tomorrow Wednesday 10\/27 at 3pm Support to Harvard graduate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5463,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462\/revisions\/5463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}