{"id":7094,"date":"2023-09-21T14:22:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T18:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2023-10-01T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T18:22:58","slug":"the-real-update-on-cpw-uaw-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/the-real-update-on-cpw-uaw-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Update on CPW-UAW Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-1024x198.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-1024x198.png 1024w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-1536x297.png 1536w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-2048x396.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You likely received an email from Columbia University regarding our contract negotiations. We wanted to clarify a few things, but above all, we want to highlight the importance of Postdocs and ARS supporting each other at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/mc\/\"><strong>The best way to support is by encouraging your colleagues to become a union member now here!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>After over 20 bargaining sessions, <strong>Columbia is still offering an effective pay cut<\/strong> when considering inflation &#8211; currently at 13-17% accumulated since 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In fact, the university\u2019s proposed 3% yearly increases <strong>will not even cover this year\u2019s inflation<\/strong> (currently above 4%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<em>(&#8230;) <\/em><em>one of the most competitive employers among our Ivy-league peers<\/em>\u201d does not take into consideration the fact that <strong>those peers are all in cities with significantly lower cost-of-living<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We are <strong>bargaining again tomorrow at 10 am in Studebaker (room 469)<\/strong>, when we are expecting to receive a new proposal from Columbia. We are also meeting amongst our members TODAY at 6:30, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeYCNfD0qnOkC-3TMJB6wt1LVhkMoZnS9rlZ3-M2wfH9BB2hg\/viewform\">you can RSVP here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, showing unity and support for each other is the best way we have to achieve a great contract!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Friendly Neighborhood Bargaining &amp; Organizing Committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/contact-us\/cpw-uaw-workplace-issue-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HAVE AN ISSUE? GET IN CONTACT!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Want to stay informed? Check out <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/\"><strong><em>our website<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> and follow us on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPWUAW\"><strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cpw_uaw\/\"><strong><em>Instagram<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@columbiapostdocworkers\"><strong><em>TikTok<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ColumbiaPostdocUnion\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, and join our and <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/BdMzRa7RA8sXMZui6\"><strong><em>Slack<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u200b.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You likely received an email from Columbia University regarding our contract negotiations. We wanted to clarify a few things, but above all, we want to highlight the importance of Postdocs and ARS supporting each other at this time.\u00a0 The best<\/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\/7094"}],"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=7094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7095,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7094\/revisions\/7095"}],"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=7094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}