by Justin | Jan 1, 2022 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Jonah Furman, Student Workers of Columbia, Who Gets the Bird
Columbia University’s administration has tabled its “best and final offer” for UAW Local 2110, and it seems like the final sticking point is primarily over recognition of “casual” and hourly student workers as members of the bargaining unit. Whether the union will…
by Justin | Dec 27, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Jonah Furman, Student Workers of Columbia, Who Gets the Bird
Arielle Isack at Jewish Currents says the Columbia University student workers strike of UAW Local 2110 members appears to be nearing an end, and details the transformative possibilties for our very broken higher education system. Read the article…
by Justin | Dec 21, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Jonah Furman, Labor Notes
UAW 2110 remains on the largest strike in the country, at Columbia University. The university is still actively threatening to replace the student workers, and soliciting other desperate academic workers to take their jobs in the spring. Read the article…
by Justin | Dec 12, 2021 | Jonah Furman, Who Gets the Bird
Having rejected a new tentative agreement, Kellogg’s workers are digging in for an even longer haul, as the company moves to permanently replace the 1400 striking BCTGM members in Omaha, Memphis, Lancaster, PA, and Battle Creek, MI. Joe Biden was finally moved to…
by Justin | Dec 8, 2021 | Jonah Furman, Who Gets the Bird
For Labor Notes, I reported on the once-in-a-generation breakthrough in the UAW, where members overwhelmingly won the right to elect top officers. This is the end of a decades-long road to win this right (which members have fought for since at least the early 80s),…
by Justin | Dec 2, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Direct Elections, Jonah Furman, Labor Notes, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal
The members of the United Auto Workers appear to have voted overwhelmingly to move to a direct voting system for choosing their union leadership—“one member, one vote.” As of this afternoon, with more than two-thirds of the votes counted, direct elections had the…
