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A Union for Instructors, TAs and Researchers at Columbia University | Local 2710 | RTs ≠ endorsements. Text JOIN to 512-675-1811 for SWC updates.
Columbia University, New Yorkstudentworkersofcolumbia.comJoined August 2014

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Did somebody say bargaining rally?? Join us this Thursday in support of our union siblings as they kick off bargaining!
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Bargaining starts this Thursday, April 20th - and we're kicking it off with a START OF BARGAINING RALLY! This Thursday, April 20th, at 9 am, meet at the Square next to Studebaker, where bargaining will take place! Come and show solidarity and support our bargaining committee!
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Poster describing our rally for the first day of bargaining. Information: CPW Bargaining begins on Thursday, April 20th. Meeting: 9 am at the square between Kravis Hall and Geffen Hall. 

Directions: to arrive by 1 subway - exit at 125th street stop and walk North to 130th street. 
Directions: to arrive by Columbia shuttle, exit at Jerome L Greene Stop and head west on 130th street. 

Join your fellow postdocs and ARSs to KICKOFF the FIRST DAY OF BARGAINING for our next union contract! There will be free shirts, coffee, and snacks.
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Love to see take the picket to the streets for a fair contract! We have so many fond memories of our Dec. 2021 march. Collective action WORKS! Keep the momentum going 💥
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Today our students joined our picket lines and we took over Broad Street!! ✊💯 Hey @TempleUniv, did you hear us? We want a fair contract! #templeunionmade #TUGSAstrike twitter.com/BuckFarstool/s…
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Columbia is systematically carving out union members! 😡We won’t stand for this.
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In the lead-up to our upcoming second-contract negotiations @Columbia has been secretly removing workers from our unit. They want to divide us and decrease our collective power. And we have the receipts to prove it. A thread 🧵 (1/11) columbiaspectator.com/news/2023/02/0
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Solidarity with as they stand strong on the picket line for living wages, better health care and working conditions! SWC is with you!
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As of this morning, TUGSA is on strike at @TempleUniv. After bargaining for over a year, Temple still refuses to meet our demands of a living wage, dependent healthcare, longer leave, and better working conditions. We’re ready to bargain: is admin? #TUGSAstrike #TempleUnionMade
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Oh man the mental gymnastics. I don’t care if you name it a two-tier system or a circus or a zoo. What I know is that 7 other campuses are getting 2.5k$ less for the same amount of work. This should be very simple to reject.
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(1/7) I’ve been seeing some arguments about how the ASE and SRU wage structures are creating a “two-tier” wage system, but this is historically not what a two-tier system is in labor agreements. A thread:
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