In our first contract we won the right to a university-wide committee to make recommendations for a university policy against power-based harassment, or bullying. You can see the finals recomendations and next steps here: https://columbiapostdocunion.org/anti-bullying-policy-recommendations-to-the-university/

This working group will focus on developing ways in which we, as Postdocs and ARS, can work through our union to make academia a more diverse, equitable and supportive environment for black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and other underrepresented minorities. It is also a focus of this group to increase diversity not only from a racial perspective by centering gender disparities and fighting ableism in our workplace.

This working group is focused on how to provide more support for parents at Columbia through our union in order to make Columbia a more equitable, inclusive, and family-friendly institution. Since October we have been campaigning for an extension to the Emergency Childcare Benefit Columbia provided in the July and August 2020. Non-parents are welcome!

This working group will focus on enhancing the rights of international researchers at Columbia through our union, including campaigning for greater support from the university and more broadly for legislative reforms that benefit immigrants and visa-holders.

This working group will focus on discussing fair compensation guidelines for our bargaining committee to propose on our next contract. We will analyze standards in other universities, cost of living adjustments and inequalities among postdocs and ARSs at Columbia. 

This working group will focus on the difficulties and inequalities faced by Postdoctoral Research Fellows at Columbia and help the bargaining committee come up with contract language proposals that continue to bring equity to Fellows.

This working group will discuss ways to improve the current Intellectual Property policy of Columbia in a way that protects the interests of Postdocs and Associate researchers.

This working group will support the Executive Board in making political endorsements and issue-based campaigns through the UAW-NY Community Action Program, allowing  our Local to advocate for policies that benefit our members, such as enhanced research and STEM funding, immigration reform, and civil rights reform.