{"id":7374,"date":"2024-02-15T11:48:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/?p=7374"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:48:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T16:48:53","slug":"membership-meeting-next-thursday-02-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/membership-meeting-next-thursday-02-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Membership Meeting Next Thursday (02\/22)!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/C7nEb8jQih2ZYyTh9\"><strong>RSVP HERE<\/strong><\/a> for our monthly membership meeting &#8211; <strong>Thursday, 02\/22 at 6:30 pm.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual, we will be hybrid and on the two main campuses:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>CUMC Room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MS Room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f Membership Meeting Agenda &#8211; Key Topics \u26a0\ufe0f<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bylaws Committee<\/strong>: We\u2019ll introduce our new committee members responsible for drafting the new bylaws that we will have following the amalgamation with SPOC-Mt. Sinai. If you are interested in working on the bylaws, you can attend the bylaws committee meetings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Elections Committee<\/strong>: At the next month&#8217;s meeting we will take nominations and vote for new members of our elections committee. This committee oversees all elections that our Union runs and is a key part of how we function! At this month&#8217;s meeting we will discuss what are the roles and answer any questions in case you are interested to run.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>\ud83d\udce3 Updates \ud83d\udce3<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fellows Working Group<\/strong>: We will have a new report from the working group responsible for ensuring that fellows are treated equally by CU. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Whats-New-In-My-Contract.pdf\">Here\u2019s a summary of the new rights we have won in our recent contract<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anti-Racism, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (ARDIEA) Working Group<\/strong>: We will also have a report from this working group developing ways to make academia a more diverse, equitable and supportive environment for all postdocs and ARSs.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contract Enforcement<\/strong>: We will go over how our new Hardship Fund is being organized and enforced, as well as updates on the salary raises we have received since the new contract!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Legal Counsel<\/strong>: As we discussed during our January meeting, we will be hiring a legal counsel to advise us during our bargaining with UAW Staff United (USU). We will have a new report on the counsel chosen and the financial details of it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And bring any suggestions and questions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your friendly local Executive Board and Organizing Committee<\/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>RSVP HERE for our monthly membership meeting &#8211; Thursday, 02\/22 at 6:30 pm.&nbsp; As usual, we will be hybrid and on the two main campuses:&nbsp; \u26a0\ufe0f Membership Meeting Agenda &#8211; Key Topics \u26a0\ufe0f \ud83d\udce3 Updates \ud83d\udce3 And bring any suggestions<\/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\/7374"}],"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=7374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7375,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7374\/revisions\/7375"}],"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=7374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}