Reports from the Picket Line: Widespread Support for Columbia Graduate Workers

On Thursday, April 26, 2018, the Columbia grad workers’ strike strike received support from the Irish President, Michael Higgins. But more on that later. After the first two days of picketing, I was sunburned but energized by the past two days’ showing: over 1,000 graduate workers signed into our picket on the first day, with large enough turnout on the following (rainy) day to maintain pickets on the east and west entrances to Columbia’s Morningside campus. I’m a graduate student in environmental science, and my pay and future career prospects are tied to my research. As such I was...

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