Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IS DOCKING WAGES FROM STUDENT WORKERS ON STRIKE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE AS IT IS. @SW_Columbia

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

@SW_Columbia We’re now collecting new testimonials! If you’d like to submit a testimonial about our contract demands, the effects of stipend docking, pay restructuring, Columbia housing, you name it, please fill out this Google form: https://t.co/OUDLseyFs3

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Thank you all for your support! Our members who were on strike till yesterday are still in need of immediate financial assistance, so we really hope you'll consider donating to our hardship fund!

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

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? https://t.co/s1iNeBYk8O

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

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.

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Dear Undergraduates,
Your graduate instructors are at a serious threat of getting replaced and their classes canceled. This will affect them and you. We urge you to attend the Townhall on Thursday at 1PM.
https://t.co/AerEwoTxNL

#CUonStrike

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Please sign!

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Undergrads @Columbia, please sign the petition to protect grad instructors from retaliation! Admin has been making unilateral moves to cancel classes or reassign instructors—decisions that will affect both grads and undergrads. https://t.co/hz1DPtsZoy #CUonStrike

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

.@Columbia prides itself on the rigor of its Core Curriculum—and yet it is proceeding with plans to cancel dozens of sections of University Writing taught by striking workers, leaving hundreds of first-year undergrads without an introduction to college writing. #CUonStrike

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Thank you to all NYC-area educators & researchers who have signed the petition refusing to replace our labor and condemning @Columbia! Find it here: https://t.co/6SQtYZZbCN

Thanks from @SW_Columbia to @GSOCUAW and @PSC_CUNY!

#CUonStrike #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Help us hold the line and join the strike fundraiser tomorrow starting at 3 pm EST! Hosted by @SeductivSeaweed @DenimsTV @aliiscrying

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

.@edovergarat on what it's like to have an exploitative institution like @Columbia run our lives: "Comparisons with a company town fall short in depicting how horrific it can be to fall from grace with such an organism."

Donate to our hardship fund here: https://t.co/GuKpFtKzUf

[Contingent Magazine @contingent_mag]

"Columbia’s anti-union lawyer reacted with an uncanny line toward our otherworldly demands: 'we are not even in the same universe.'"

Eduardo Vergara Torres (@edovergarat) on the ongoing strike by Student Workers of Columbia (@SW_Columbia):

https://t.co/fRdC40Wq7R

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Striking grad instructors @Columbia are being threatened with replacement. NYC-area adjuncts, please don't agree to replace us! Send admin emails protesting retaliation: https://t.co/ynraKpKUEr

Donate to our hardship fund: https://t.co/GuKpFtKzUf

#CUonStrike #AcademicTwitter

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Graduate instructors of record jobs are in jeopardy. Columbia is threatening to replace striking workers of cancel classes. Email Columbia admin to tell them to stop! #CUonStrike

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Protect striking graduate instructors of record! If you're a student, faculty member, or concerned community member, email the people on this doc: https://t.co/FhULKbTQMF #CUonStrike #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Columbia is making good on their promise to replace striking graduate instructors of record. Tell faculty and admin to use their power to protect striking IoRs. #CUonStrike

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Replacing striking grad instructors this semester will have major financial and professional repercussions for these workers. How is this not retaliation, @Columbia? #CUonStrike #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter @SW_Columbia

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

.@Columbia is making good on its threats to replace striking workers. If you're a NYC-area adjunct and are contacted about teaching a course at Columbia this semester, please know there's a good chance you'd be replacing a striking grad instructor. #CUonStrike #AcademicTwitter

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Hourly/casual student workers need protections against discrimination and all international student workers need visa protections! These protections are not afforded to hourly/casual workers in @Columbia's current proposal, despite the administration's many misleading statements.

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Full recognition per the NLRB certification will afford casual workers protection from discrimination. The appellate process Provost Boyce referenced is NOT the same as neutral arbitration. #CUonStrike

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Listen to this testimonial, where Ari drops some truths 👇 #CUonStrike #FairContractNow #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

We can't accept @Columbia's recognition proposal that only hourly workers who work 15 hours/week or cumulative 250 hours can be in our union. Who's to say that they won't put up even more barriers to prevent workers from reaching these arbitrary thresholds? #FairContractNow

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Shaina is a Computer Science TA, hired as an hourly worker.

"If there's one thing I learned from the overenrollment [in CompSci], it's that the administration does not care about us. They are perfectly happy to let their students suffer and their TAs be overworked."

#CUonStrike

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Full recognition is now or never. If we accept Columbia’s arbitrary hourly threshold, we establish a two-tier system. Why should we cut out workers already recognized by the NLRB? #CUonStrike

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Rally for recognition this Thursday (12/30) at 1pm! Allies, please come show your support to our workers and demand that @Columbia follow the law and accept the NLRB definition of our unit! Register here: https://t.co/vc1L51RE7a #CUOnStrike #FairContractNow

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Take a look at the testimonials that @SW_Columbia is tweeting! And help support our @Columbia workers 👇
- sign our petition: https://t.co/Hn27bxfm9B
- attend our rally for FULL recognition on Th 12/30 at 1pm: https://t.co/1phNRmT4sn

#CUOnStrike #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Columbia’s hourly threshold for recognition arbitrarily excludes workers from the unit. Full recognition per the NLRB certification would cost the university $0 For years, Columbia has engaged in union-busting tactics like this. #HoldTheLine

[Student Workers of Columbia Testimonials @SwcTestimonial]

Thank you @ShaunAbreu for being an ally in our (@SW_Columbia) fight! And congratulations on getting sworn in today!

[Shaun Abreu @ShaunAbreu]

Student worker update: @sw_columbia is close to signing a fair contract with Columbia.

However, @Columbia is now pushing to weaken the union by artificially limiting membership.

This is union-busting—creating a class of unprotected workers to erode the size of the union.

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

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.