Student Workers of Columbia

A Union for Instructors, TAs, and Researchers at Columbia University | @UAW Local 2710 | RTs ≠ endorsements. @swcolumbia.bsky.social

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

We voted YES to authorize a strike by a whopping 91.5%! Columbia won’t budge on protecting student workers from an authoritarian takeover and a cost-of-living crisis—it’s time to turn up the pressure.

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

New York — Two years after students occupied Hamilton Hall (naming it "Hind's Hall" in ode to the little girl killed by Israeli forces), Columbia students & faculty are demonstrating on campus, honoring Palestinian scholars killed by Israel's genocide.

Video: Sunrise Columbia

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

@ColumbiaSpec We won’t leave any of our members behind- we deserve to live in dignity, and we deserve comprehensive resources to keep us healthy. Read more about our contract fight: https://t.co/MMnO4lNGm4

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Great article from @ColumbiaSpec about SWC’s fight for better health coverage, with interviews from our members! 🧵 https://t.co/NThdrqQaKB

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

@ColumbiaSpec R.H. explains how they had to “beg” Columbia Health for a rheumatology referral, describing health care scheduling at Columbia as a “part-time job”

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Sydney describes the lack of institutional support for infertility as a student worker: “The hardest part of my Ph.D. is not my Ph.D. It is my life.”

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

After tearing a ligament in her foot, Jay was met with an arduous bureaucratic process that blocked her from getting the care she needed for weeks: “the podiatrist just said that the injury was probably worse than it would have been if I had gotten into it weeks earlier.”

[@itslaylas on upscrolled 🪬 @itslaylas]

Robert Hadden, an OB-GYN employed by Columbia University, was mentioned in the Epstein files over ten times. Columbia trustees just paid out over $1 billion dollars to Hadden’s victims, who trusted him to provide medical care.

[CFU UAW @CfuUaw]

Rather than following the law, bargaining in good faith, and settling a fair contract that preserves the integrity of an NYU education, our bosses are recruiting scab instructors. If you're asked, just say no.

[Conrad Blackburn @ConradforHarlem]

Two opportunities to petition canvass this weekend‼️1) Saturday with @UAWRegion9A siblings @1pm and 2) Sunday with Team @DarializaforNY @1pm sign up to join us⭐️ https://t.co/nbnyZKb7CZ

[CFU UAW @CfuUaw]

Solidarity with our siblings and colleagues uptown in @SW_Columbia, who have also authorized a strike to win a fair contract.

[Peter Sterne @petersterne]

NYU contract faculty and Columbia University student workers have now both voted to authorize potential strikes, which means we could soon see simultaneous strikes at NYC's most prestigious private universities.

[Jacobin @jacobin]

In response to what they describe as foot-dragging by the administration in contract negotiations, student workers at Columbia University have authorized a strike.

We spoke to some of them about their demands.https://t.co/TDWyhsBRL6

[The Nation @thenation]

Just two hours after Ellie Aghayeva’s detention was confirmed by Columbia, hundreds of community members had gathered outside of the university’s gates to protest.
https://t.co/mrAKC0edr0

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Student workers at Columbia University have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over contract demands including protections for noncitizen workers and adequate health care coverage.

We spoke to some of them about the ongoing negotiations.https://t.co/TDWyhsBRL6

[Eli Northrup @EliNorthrup]

I stand with @SW_Columbia ✊

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Columbia is intransigent without real pressure, but SWC is ready for the fight. We will win the University that we deserve.

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

We voted YES to authorize a strike by a whopping 91.5%! Columbia won’t budge on protecting student workers from an authoritarian takeover and a cost-of-living crisis—it’s time to turn up the pressure.

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

The SAV signals our intent to strike if Columbia doesn’t meet our demands: A living wage and COLA; protections for non-citizens; expanded healthcare; anti-discrimination/harassment protections; protections against unjust discipline/discharge; job security & union rights.