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A Union for Instructors, TAs and Researchers at Columbia University | @UAW Local 2710 | RTs ≠ endorsements. Press: swcmediainquiries @gmail .com
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After 10 weeks, the strike is over! We are thrilled to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with
@columbia
. This is a historic moment for labor in higher ed, and it is just the beginning. We look forward to getting back to work and compensation for our back work.
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Hi
@AOC
! Columbia teaching and research assistants are going on strike on Monday. The university won’t pay us a living wage and refuses real recourse for discrimination, harassment, and bullying. Pls come support our picket!
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We are on strike (1) because of Columbia's unfair labor practices and (2) because we deserve a living wage, comprehensive healthcare, and protection from discrimination and harassment.
#CUonStrike
Donate to our strike fund:
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@DannyDeVito
Thank you so much for the boost!! For people just learning about our strike now, please visit our page for more resources, and donate to our strike fund to support workers who have been on strike for FIVE WEEKS now:
We are on strike (1) because of Columbia's unfair labor practices and (2) because we deserve a living wage, comprehensive healthcare, and protection from discrimination and harassment.
#CUonStrike
Donate to our strike fund:
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Sorry, we can’t come in today. Or the next day. Columbia won’t agree to fair compensation, expanded health care, real recourse, and recognition. No contract, no work.
#CUonStrike
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SWC members voted 2099-51 to ratify the tentative agreement with Columbia. This first contract is just the beginning!
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BARGAINING QUOTE from
@columbia
’s lawyer just now: “We do not agree with you that graduate students generate revenue for the University”
us:
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Unless Columbia agrees to a fair contract, over 3000 student workers strike November 3. We are ready to fight for a contract that guarantees a living wage, dental and vision coverage, and a safe workplace.
#faircontractnow
#CUonStrike
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Thank you to our undergraduate students who have set up a hardship fund in support of our strike. Please consider donating.
#CUonStrike
#CUContractNow
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Let us officially say that singing, chanting, dancing, and sharing hot chocolate and coffee isn’t a crime in New York, unless our Provost insists it is.
We deny her accusation.
#CUonStrike
The Provost just won’t stop lying to the university about our union
@SW_Columbia
and what we do. Picketers were actively discouraged from physical contact with CU students and staff. We have also documented more than a dozen instances of violence against picketers.
#CUonStrike
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We are going to SHUT DOWN Columbia University on Wednesday, 8th December. Be there to support us for this fight is for us, and when we say “us,” it includes all the workers and their rights!
C U Strike at the Picket Line!
#CUonStrike
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Dear faculty,
Holding a class tomorrow, even on Zoom, qualifies as picket-crossing.
We request that you CANCEL all classes on- and off-campus tomorrow. Your solidarity helps preserve our jobs from the University’s threat to permanently replace our labor.
#CUonStrike
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Next steps: we will hold a 15-day discussion period followed by a 1-week ratification vote Jan. 22-27. We will announce the results on Jan. 28.
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If we don’t get it,
SHUT
IT
DOWN!
Please retweet,quote,tweet and tag our employer,
@Columbia
.
#CUonStrike
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Hello,
@berniesanders
We are the largest strike in the country right now, approaching 6th week of our strike. can you please lend your platform to our fight?
#CUonStrike
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Over 3,000 research and teaching assistants at
@Columbia
are going on strike for a fair contract tomorrow! See everyone on the picket lines
#CUonStrike
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Our proposals would cost only half a PERCENT of
@Columbia
’s net assets, but they’d rather pay union-busting lawyers millions to protect their endowment than guarantee student workers a living wage!
#CUonStrike
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Calling all
@Columbia
faculty: we are walking out of classrooms and labs on Monday at 12:30 pm to protest illegal threats of retaliation against striking student workers!
#ULPstrike
#CUonStrike
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Good morning
@Columbia
,
Retaliating against striking workers by threatening to permanently replace them is an unfair labor practice. We’ll get back to work as soon as you rescind your ULPs and agree to a fair contract.
Best wishes,
SWC
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Citing “economic hardship,”
@columbia
wants to set our pay increases for the next 3 years to %s smaller than those of previous years. When we asked if higher-paid employees would also face these austerity measures for 3 years, their lawyer called our questions “useless rhetoric”
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Respect the picket line! Hold all classes and academic matters on a non- Columbia zoom. Cancel all Columbia events. Publicize your refusal to cross our picket line, tagging
@gwcuaw
#CUonStrike
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We are the union, the mighty mighty union, fighting for healthcare and just compensation!
#CUonStrike
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We are on strike! Know what that means? SHUT IT DOWN. We are asking event organizers to cancel or postpone all on-campus events in solidarity with striking workers - that means all talks, book launches, roundtables, concerts, plays.
#CUonStrike
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"Student workers are calling for the university to pay them higher wages, provide dental & vision health coverage, & allow neutral third-party arbitration for cases of discrimination and harassment." Thank you
@wongalum
for covering our fight!
#CUonStrike
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We are pleasantly surprised to see that the Wall Street Journal editorial board thinks our compensation demand is reasonable. “It’s fair to ask why the university can’t afford to pay student workers more.”
#CUonStrike
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NLRB withdraws rulemaking to take away our collective bargaining rights!! Say it loudly
#WEAREWORKERS
!!
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At bargaining
@Columbia
announced they would dock the pay of striking workers. While this is their right, intimidation of striking workers is inexcusable. We’re prepared to strike for a fair and just contract! We’ll have details on our strike & hardship funds up soon!
#CUonStrike
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If you are not a SWC member and you showed up to support our picket yesterday, 12/8, we need your help. The University is falsely alleging that picket participants were "violent." Please add your signature below to attest that there was no such violence.
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Our strike was featured on
@democracynow
this morning: "We really see ourselves as part of the broader labor movement. There's been a real shift towards hiring contingent faculty... in many ways it feels like we are lambs being raised for the slaughter."
#CUonStrike
"We have very basic demands," says Johannah King-Slutzky (
@jjjjjjjjohannah
), one of over 3,000 student workers striking at Columbia University. "We have a lower income compared to cost of living than any peer institution."
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SWC’s statement of solidarity with Palestine, endorsed by a supermajority vote: We demand that Columbia divest from the Israeli war machine!
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In case you were wondering if there’s a possible seventh week strike, unless
@Columbia
gives us a fair contract, “We’ll be Back”!
#CUonStrike
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TW: rape
GWC worker Julie Moon (
@jhmoon612
) was raped by a tenured professor when she was a freshman at Columbia. Throughout her EOAA case, Julie was denied access to her case files, threatened w/ disciplinary action, & repeatedly told that she had consented to her own rape. 1/
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Student workers are on strike and they need your help to sustain this fight. Please donate and share our hardship fund.
#CUonStrike
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IF WE DON’T GET IT, SHUT IT DOWN!
#CUonStrike
The second biggest strike in the country is happening at Columbia university right now. 3,000 student workers are striking, and the picket line is beautiful today.
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Columbia’s hypocrisy is loud and clear when they use our student status to deny
#RealRecourse
for cases of discrimination and harassment while using our worker status to justify docking pay. Shameful!
#WeAreWorkers
#CUonStrike
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SWC stands against austerity with
@PSC_CUNY
—the
#NewDeal4CUNY
march is the best place to be right now!
#APeoplesCUNY
@psccunygc
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No contract, no work
#CUonStrike
During their walkout, the student workers union entered President Bollinger’s Freedom of Speech and Press class.
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Columbia is threatening to withhold teaching positions if student workers refuse to break the strike by Dec. 10. The hardship fund is a lifeline for many as we face yet another threat to our livelihoods. Help us hold the line: Donate
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We are also demanding full recognition of our unit per the 2017 NLRB certification decision. Columbia cannot exclude student workers from our bargaining unit!
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SWC members are thousands of dollars in debt from the strike and need immediate support to pay late fees, rent, and bills. Can you donate to our hardship fund?
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We are so proud of our students speaking out against genocide! At the same time, they’re also being doxxed and harassed, and we won’t stand for it. We DEMAND that the university protect our community!
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The Biggest Strike in the U.S. is at Columbia University
#CUStrike
#CUonStrike
@TeenVogue
via
@TeenVogue
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Columbia University made over $3 billion last year, while student workers lack dental insurance and don’t make a living wage in NYC. Thank you
@MorePerfectUS
for capturing our struggle so beautifully 🔥🔥🔥 when we fight, we win!
#CUonStrike
NEW: The biggest strike in America right now is happening at Columbia University, where 3,000 student workers are fighting for a livable wage, health benefits, and more.
Columbia says it can't afford workers' demands — after its most lucrative year in 15 years.
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The faculty of MESAAS (Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies) at Columbia has released a statement denouncing the university administration’s retaliation against Student Workers on strike!
#CUonStrike
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2 years is long enough! If we don have a fair contract by March 15, we will strike!
#CUContractNow
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Staffers from
@AOC
’s office and unionised members of the campaign workers guild with us and fat cat today!
We thank you for your solidarity! ✊
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Columbia University broke earnings records in 2020, yet SWC (Columbia's teachers, TAs and RAs) make thousands below a living wage. For
#GivingTuesday
, support striking teachers who are struggling to make rent: .
More info on NYT
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We have 150+ students, community members, and allies on the Virtual Picket right now, livestreaming the rally and calling administrators to put pressure on the University. This is what solidarity looks like!
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We're going to keep showing up until we win real recourse for discrimination and harassment. The university has no more excuses for refusing to give us arbitration!
#RealRecourse
#CUonStrike
📷
@pknichols44
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"On Wednesday, these student workers went on strike. According to an ongoing count kept by labor reporter Jonah Furman, it is the second-largest such action happening in the US right now, second only to the dramatic John Deere strike." Thanks
@Choire
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"I sincerely hope the University agrees to a strong contract that includes real recourse against harassment and discrimination." -
@saraziff
(GS 2011), GS Class Day Speaker
@columbia
#realrecourse
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Columbia threatened to call NYPD on students if they put up tents tonight, leaving them exposed to the rain.
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To put things in perspective, the extra 3-year cost of the
@GWCUAW
contract proposals that
@Columbia
has repeatedly called “in a different universe” than their own proposals, is about 2-3% of this newly announced fundraising goal. Happy
#gradstudentappreciationweek
!
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Our picket goes to
@ColumbiaMed
today, where the university's health insurance cut was widely felt.
CU can't legally change our benefits while bargaining, but with Trump's NLRB, we can't appeal without risking our worker protections.
So we'll
#CUonStrike
for better healthcare!
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“[Columbia’s] communication with parents regarding the strike have been shockingly lacking”
Parents of undergraduates are sharing their concerns with us because our university prefers to maintain silence. How can Columbia say that we don’t care about our students!
#CUonStrike
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#Columbia
Dean Amy Hungerford claims her intellectual work resists the abandonment of workers. Her actions speak otherwise. Urge Dean Hungerford to put theory into practice. Call or email her office today and tell her to protect striking workers.
#CUonStrike
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Columbia has proposed a framework to begin bargaining. Read more here:
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Last week,
@Columbia
said we'll have to strike for
#RealRecourse
on discrimination and harassment through our grievance procedure.
Now on Day 2 of our strike, we marched on the campus administrative building because we'll do what it takes to get justice for victims.
#CUonStrike
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The NLRB just counted and we voted overwhelmingly UNION YES!
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Did you know that
@Columbia
is the MOST EXPENSIVE private university in the USA? Students have been paying full tuition despite cancelled classes. The university is NOT responding to concerned parents. What is this overwhelming silence?
#CUonStrike
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THREAD of departments at
@Columbia
that have expressed solidarity with
@GWCUAW
#CUonStrike
! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! DM us to have your department included ✨
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Not a dwindling handful of resolute strikers but an entire community of student workers!
#CUonStrike
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FACT CHECK: Provost Mary Boyce claims Columbia’s position on recognition is “expansive and goes beyond what is required by the National Relations Board (NLRB).”
FALSE: The NLRB makes no mention of an hourly limit before workers are eligible for membership in the unit.
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Congratulations and solidarity to Kellogg’s workers on winning a contract after a long fight!
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Today, we’d like to thank our fellow universities in and around New York that chose to stand by us in this fight against unfair labor practices by our employer.
In this together!
#CUonStrike
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Rain or shine we're on strike for real recourse!
@columbia
give us arbitration now!
#CUonStrike
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A powerful statement from Columbia College Student Council calling on
@Columbia
to act now and resolve the strike. The University is failing undergraduates. Published by
@bwog
#CUonStrike
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We are incredibly saddened and furious to hear about this act of anti-Asian violence perpetrated against Professor Ngai. She has lifted up our fight and every other progressive cause on and off campus. We condemn this act of hatred.
#stopAsianhate
We're sad to report that
@Columbia
Professor Mae Ngai says she was shoved on the streets of New York last night in what she believes was a targeted hate act. She describes it as "sudden, aggressive and over in a flash." Thankfully, she was not hurt.
#StopAsianHate
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Nearly twenty years ago graduate student workers at Columbia University started organizing for a union. Today we started bargaining! Thank you to everyone who came.
#WeAreWorkers
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28 unions, representing 10s of thousands of workers, signed a solidarity statement demanding the immediate reinstatement of all student and student workers disciplined for pro-Palestine protests & the end to the repression of protest on Columbia’s campus.
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Yesterday our picket lines were the strongest yet, thanks in no small part to solidarity from our community! Follow for updates as we move into week 2 of our strike for a fair contract. Ways to support below 🧵
#CUonStrike
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