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Grant

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Grant

@grantdminer

President, @SW_Columbia | student worker, English and Comp. Lit. @Columbia | כעץ שתול על פלגי מים

Brooklyn, NY

Joined December 2013

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@grantdminer
Mar 17, 2025
Last week, I was expelled from @Columbia for protesting the U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza. As president of @SW_Columbia , Columbia’s student workers union, I was also fired from my job. The Trump administration is pushing their narrative. Here’s the real story. 🧵
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@grantdminer
Mar 17, 2025
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I am Jewish, I work in Jewish studies, and I am not alone in opposing the ongoing genocide. The Jewish people know what genocide is. That’s why so many of us, alongside people of all backgrounds, are standing up against what’s happening in Palestine.
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@grantdminer
Mar 17, 2025
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Thousands of students across the country have been exercising our First Amendment rights to oppose genocide. Standing against genocide is not just a moral imperative—it is an act of anti-racism and solidarity. Columbia’s response? Expulsions, suspensions, and retaliation.
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@grantdminer
Mar 17, 2025
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The Trump admin crackdown has already failed. Last week, massive protests took place every single day. We are organizing. We are fighting back. This movement isn’t going anywhere. Release Mahmoud Khalil! Reinstate all students and workers. And as always, #FreePalestine
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@grantdminer
Mar 17, 2025
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The @realDonaldTrump administration claims the student movement for Palestine is antisemitic and violent. They sent the DOJ to crack down on universities, kidnapped Mahmoud Khalil and other students, and are trying to silence us with fear.
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@grantdminer
Mar 17, 2025
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In its proudest moments, the labor movement has stood firmly on the side of the oppressed, and therefore on the side of justice. As president @SW_Columbia, I had an even greater responsibility to stand with my members who were beaten by the police just for protesting.
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@grantdminer
Mar 17, 2025
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Columbia has caved to Trump’s demands at every turn. They have brought the NYPD onto campus to brutalize students. Now, they’ve let DHS terrorize students in their own dorms.
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@grantdminer
Mar 17, 2025
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Our union is here to defend student workers, and we won’t stand for this blatant repression from @Columbia and Trump. Firing and expelling me just before bargaining is a transparent attempt to dodge accountability for endangering students.
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@grantdminer
Mar 17, 2025
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At the same time, we are facing over $400 million in politically motivated cuts to vital research, all in the service of suppressing pro-Palestine protest. Both our local and the @UAW will fight to get these cuts reversed and ensure our members can continue their work.
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@grantdminer
Apr 16, 2025
No such comment from my former department regarding our student Yunseo Chung, who is currently being targeted by ICE. We're happy to use Edward Said for the sake of branding but seem eager to forget both his work and why he was the only one whose office had bulletproof glass.
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@grantdminer
Apr 25, 2025
Today @Columbia illegally barred me and our VP from the bargaining table. In addition to deporting students, it seems union busting is another thing Columbia and Trump can agree on! Do you want to live in a country where your boss gets to decide who your union reps are?
Student Workers of Columbia
@SW_Columbia
Apr 25, 2025
Update: Columbia chickened on bargaining AGAIN 🤡 Right before the end of the business day yesterday, a CU rep emailed us to say that they refused to meet our bargaining team, illegally demanding we exclude our union president from negotiations. 🧵
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@grantdminer
Mar 28, 2025
One of our deported workers was on our Zoom today hoping to tune into bargaining. @Columbia did nothing to protect them, and now they have the nerve to insist that in-person bargaining is safe for our international workers.
Student Workers of Columbia
@SW_Columbia
Mar 28, 2025
Breaking — Columbia walks away from bargaining, threatens legal action over request for members to attend bargaining remotely amid DHS raids. Columbia administration’s bargaining team stole a member’s computer and left the room during our first session because they were on Zoom.
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@grantdminer
May 8, 2025
Claire Shipman just blamed protestors for endangering international students by “making our institution a target.” This is pretty rich from someone who lets DHS search residence halls and disappear students. Concerned? How about working to free Mahmoud?
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@grantdminer
Apr 18, 2025
Columbia has ignored the demands of its students, faculty, and wider community for too long. Our union is taking a stand against the persecution of international students and the rampant policing of our students and coworkers.
Student Workers of Columbia
@SW_Columbia
Apr 18, 2025
During our second bargaining session with the University, we are proposing contract articles to protect international students, defend our academic freedom, and dismantle Columbia's regime of surveillance and policing.
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