GSOC

  • Student/Employee Visa Issues Survey and Seminar

    Student/Employee Visa Issues Survey and Seminar

    Scientists and Engineers Together/UAW, the graduate employee union at NYU-Poly, has invited two prominent and experienced attorneys to speak and answer questions about visa and immigration issues common to graduate student employees. The event will take place on January 30 @ 1pm at Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St, 2nd floor conference room.  The…

  • [AFLCIO] NYU Graduate Employees Call for Fair Election, Not More Legal Action

    [AFLCIO] NYU Graduate Employees Call for Fair Election, Not More Legal Action

    More than 1,100 graduate student employees at New York University (NYU) and NYU-Poly have signed and delivered a letter to the university’s administration urging the school to respect their choice to join a union. The letter was delivered in anticipation of a decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that could reverse a 2004 decision…

  • 1,100 Grad Union Supporters Tell NYU to Respect Our Democratic Choice

    1,100 Grad Union Supporters Tell NYU to Respect Our Democratic Choice

    Thanks to your help, we sent a strong message to NYU yesterday!  More than 1,100 graduate students and employees have now signed an open letter that urges NYU to respect our choice on unionization and immediately begin bargaining in good faith for a contract when a majority of us vote in a fair election…

  • Tell NYU to Respect Our Democratic Choice for a Union

    Tell NYU to Respect Our Democratic Choice for a Union

    Please take 30 seconds right now to join hundreds of fellow grad students by signing our Open Letter urging NYU to respect our democratic choice to have a Union. The National Labor Relations Board may restore our legal right to collective bargaining before the end of this semester. Adding your voice will help send a…

  • Give 5 minutes of feedback on our health benefit cuts

    Give 5 minutes of feedback on our health benefit cuts

    Did you know NYU recently made unilateral changes to the Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan (GSHIP)? Click here and take 5 minutes to tell us what YOU THINK about the changes. Without collective bargaining, NYU is free to make these types of changes to our benefits. Since graduate employees often cite the desire to have…

  • [IHE] Students or Employees?

    [IHE] Students or Employees?

    WASHINGTON — Are graduate students who work as teaching assistants and research assistants at private universities entitled to collective bargaining? The answer depends on whether these graduate student employees should be seen primarily as students or employees. If the former, the National Labor Relations Board would have a tough time saying that they have…

  • Exciting News from the National Labor Relations Board

    Exciting News from the National Labor Relations Board

    We have encouraging news! The National Labor Relations Board announced that it will review our petition to reassert our right to choose collective bargaining. This is great news because it moves us one step closer to getting our union certified. With this latest movement by the board, we could have an opportunity to vote…

  • [TCOHE] NLRB Will Revisit Issue of Graduate Students’ Right to Unionize

    [TCOHE] NLRB Will Revisit Issue of Graduate Students’ Right to Unionize

    The National Labor Relations Board says it will review its 2004 ruling that prohibits graduate-student assistants at private universities from unionizing. The board voted 3 to 1 on Friday to review that ruling by granting a review of two new cases, involving unionization efforts at New York University and the Polytechnic Institute of New…

  • [IHE] Revived Fight on Grad Unions

    [IHE] Revived Fight on Grad Unions

    WASHINGTON — The National Labor Relations Board announced Friday that it will reconsider a 2004 ruling by the board that took away the right of graduate students at private universities to unionize. The 3-to-1 vote to reconsider the 2004 ruling was brought about by efforts to unionize graduate teaching assistants at New York University and graduate…

  • GOOD NEWS FROM THE LABOR BOARD – GSOC/UAW One Step Closer to Winning Back Our Union

    GOOD NEWS FROM THE LABOR BOARD – GSOC/UAW One Step Closer to Winning Back Our Union

    The National Labor Relations Board has announced that it will review the controversial Bush-era decision [Brown University] that stripped graduate employees at private universities of the right to form unions. If –as is expected– the NLRB overturns Brown, a union election will be scheduled here at NYU, and we could have the opportunity to…

  • GSOC Week of Action! March 26-30 plus Rally, March 29 at Bobst: BE THERE!

    GSOC Week of Action! March 26-30 plus Rally, March 29 at Bobst: BE THERE!

    We have had a busy couple of weeks: last week, our combined action on Twitter and Facebook brought pressure to the NLRB to rule on our case now–and, this past Wednesday, we sent 201 signed letters from NYU graduate employees to the NLRB urging them to rule on our case immediately. Let’s keep up the pressure on…

  • This Week: Oppose NYU2031 and remember the Triangle Fire Victims

    This Week: Oppose NYU2031 and remember the Triangle Fire Victims

    NYU 2031 Expansion Press Conference Please join us on THURSDAY, MARCH 22 at 12 noon at City Hall to urge Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to vote NO on John Sexton’s bloated plan to expand NYU on the backs of students and workers. This is a plan that exploits the community which has housed NYU since its…