Dissatisfied with contract negotiations and bargaining committee, GWC-UAW student-workers vote to reject tentative agreement Dissatisfied with contract negotiations and bargaining committee, GWC-UAW student-workers vote to reject tentative agreement Kathy Fang / Staff Photographer Student-workers say that the contract fell short on unit recognition; compensation; health care; and access to third-party, neutral arbitration for discrimination and harassment cases. By Talia Abrahamson | May 2, 2021, 11:05 PM The tentative agreement reached between Columbia and the Graduate Workers of Columbia–United Auto Workers’ bargaining committee failed to pass on April 30. Student-workers voted 1,093-970 with 63-percent participation to continue negotiating, a process that will likely require further mobilization throughout the summer and fall semesters.