The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

Case Number: 02-UC-305373

Date Filed: 10/17/2022

Status: Open

No. of Employees: 3500

Location: Manhattan, NY

Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Unit Description: Included: All student employees who provide instructional services, including graduate and undergraduate Teaching Assistants (Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows, Preceptors, Course Assistants, Readers and Graders): All Graduate Research Assistants (including those compensated through Training Grants) and All Departmental Research Assistants employed by the Employer at all of its facilities, including Morningside Heights, Health Sciences, Lamont-Doherty and Nevis facilities. Excluded: All other employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act. The Petitioner seeks clarification that this unit description includes all student employees in this unit, regardless of: 1. The source of the funding from which the Employer provides compensation to them; 2. The form of the compensation that they receive; 3. The payment system through which they receive compensation; 4. Their appointment status; 5. Their job or position title; 6. The number of hours they work; 7. The duration of their employment; 8. Their teaching or research rotation status; 9. The term during which they work; 10. The degree program in which they are enrolled; 11. Their year enrolled in the degree program; or 12. The institution at which they are enrolled, provided it is affiliated with the Employer.