The graduate employee unions at Yale (GESO) and Columbia (GSEU) have voted overwhelmingly to hold a joint strike the week of April 18-22. The administrations of both universities are refusing to recognize the democratic right of these workers to form a union–in defiance of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the opinions of many leaders across the country, and the majority of graduate employees at each school.
Please send an email to the presidents of Yale and Columbia at:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=47
[You may remember Columbia’s current president, Lee Bollinger, from his tenure here at UM, where he proudly trumpeted his reputation as a fighter for social justice, defender of affirmative action, and self-proclaimed “authority on the First Amendment.” While he always praised GEO on the record, upon arrival in NYC, he experienced a sudden about-face, claiming that a union at Columbia might damage the delicate academic relationships there.]
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