Stand with UAW Local 2300 Workers on Strike at Cornell
Cornell University Administration
After months of negotiations, over 1,000 UAW members have gone on strike at Cornell University. The administration has failed to present a fair package and the UAW has filed multiple NLRB charges against Cornell alleging that it has not bargained in good faith, is stalling, and is retaliating against protected union activity by the workers.
The membership, made up of maintenance and facilities workers, dining workers, gardeners, custodians, agriculture and horticulture workers and others, are facing declining real wages even as Cornell’s endowment has ballooned and tuition revenue has skyrocketed. Over the past four years, Cornell’s endowment has soared 39% to nearly $10 billion and tuition has increased 13% – all while workers’ buying power has fallen 5%.
Cornell University could not run without its workers, they deserve a fair contract now! Sign this petition to show your support for the workers and to tell Cornell University administration that their greed will not be tolerated.
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We, the undersigned working people, stand in solidarity with our UAW Local 2300 family on strike at Cornell University. We urge the administration to bargain in good faith and agree to a fair contract that adequately compensates the workers immediately.
As Cornell’s endowment has soared 39% to nearly $10 billion and tuition has increased 13% over the past four years, the buying power of its workers has fallen 5%. The wage for most at the university is less than $22 per hour, far lower than what economists estimate it costs for a family to live in the region, while compensation for top administrators exceeded $12.4 million in 2022.
It is clear that Cornell University has the means to fairly compensate the workers who keep the institution running, but instead it refuses to offer a fair deal. UAW Local 2300 workers have made the incredibly difficult and courageous decision to go on strike to fight for a fair contract, and New York's Union Movement will fight alongside them for as long as it takes to win.
Cornell is nothing without the maintenance and facilities workers, dining workers, gardeners, custodians, agriculture and horticulture workers and others who show up to work every day. It is time to do the right thing and give them what they deserve.