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Graduate Workers Union announces intention to strike on March 15 Graduate Workers Union announces intention to strike on March 15 Princeton Huang / Staff Photographer The union plans to stop teaching classes and conducting research until members successfully negotiate with Columbia for their first labor contract. By Talia Abrahamson | February 26, 2021, 2:03 AM Standing on the steps of Low Library, graduate and undergraduate student workers of the Graduate Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers announced on Thursday their intention to strike on March 15. Union members plan to stop teaching classes and conducting research until they successfully negotiate with Columbia for their first labor contract. Student-workers of GWC voted 1,833 to 77 last March to authorize the strike. The union’s ten-person bargaining committee, which is made up of elected representatives who represent each jurisdiction of the unit, called the strike. For the past two weeks, ....
10 grantees named as recipients of the inaugural Racial Justice Mini-Grant 10 grantees named as recipients of the inaugural Racial Justice Mini-Grant Selina Yang / Staff Photographer The Office of University Life looked for proposals from both undergraduate and graduate students that had the potential to connect with and educate many members of the Columbia community, as well as carry lasting effects. By Faith Onyechere | February 10, 2021, 10:04 PM In honor of Black History Month, Spectator is publishing a series on notable Black alumni, scholars, activists, leaders, students, and more whose stories we wish to honor. Last Thursday, the Office of University Life announced the first recipients of the Racial Justice Mini-Grants: a project funded through a partnership between the Office of University Life, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, and the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life. These grants are to be offered annual ....