Labor

Local 2110, Columbia reach tentative contract agreement

Although details of the deal are not yet public, the approximately 700 union members will discuss and vote on the deal on Thursday.

By Margaret Mattes | Apr 4 05:26 am ET

Politicians join students in fair labor campaign

The Sweatshop Free Upper West Side campaign, endorsed by New York State Senators Adriano Espaillat and Tom Duane, with City Council member Gale Brewer and State Assembly member Linda Rosenthal, is an effort to stop labor abuses.

By Finn Vigeland | Mar 28 04:17 am ET

Tom’s former employee says he was underpaid, mistreated

A former Tom's employee was paid $20 in cash for shifts of between eight and 12 hours—a fraction of what the law requires for minimum wage, a lawsuit claims.

By Carrie Montgomery | Sep 29 02:02 am ET

Union calls off strike, CU housing unaffected

New York City’s 32BJ union, which avoided a strike at the eleventh hour, represents 30,000 workers, including those who work in University Apartment Housing buildings.

By Sarah Darville | Apr 22 01:24 am ET

Strike called off for CU buildings

After threatening to walk off the job at dozens of local buildings—including Columbia housings—service workers struck a deal with the city's Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations.

By Sarah Darville | Apr 21 02:49 am ET

These are the breaks

Here’s an idea: rather than leaving Columbia’s campus a ghost town on Labor Day, with everybody gone (or everybody here), why not give the actual employees the day off while the students and faculty hold classes without them for one day?

By Cosmo Guzzardi | Apr 6 06:26 pm ET

Agreement allows 8 more workers to join UAW 2110

Last month, Columbia’s administrative services and the local UAW 2110 Union‑which represents University employees throughout the city—struck a deal that ended a longstanding grievance and brought eight new employees into the union.

By Sam Levin and Alix Pianin | Dec 14 12:53 am ET

USenate to debate confidentiality

At the last University Senate meeting of the semester, President Lee Bollinger and Provost Claude Steele might show up.

By Amber Tunnell | Dec 3 03:23 am ET

Book Culture employees question their treatment

Employees have learned not to judge Book Culture by its cover.

By Sam Levin | Nov 10 03:57 am ET

Labor smells a rat on Columbus Avenue

When a developer opted-out of unionized labor, the construction site's employees protested.

By Sam Levin | Sep 23 08:03 pm ET

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