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Department of Comparative Literature Issues Statement of Support
The Department of Comparative Literature affirms its commitment to treating those striking and/or refusing to cross picket lines with care and respect. We support, as a matter of principle, the struggle for labor equity, a living wage, and the health and childcare benefits that should be a right for every member of our community…
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Wagner Students for Criminal Justice Reform Releases Statement of Support
Wagner Students for Criminal Justice Reform unequivocally supports the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC) and NYU graduate workers in their ongoing strike against NYU. Further, SCJR fully supports GSOC in its contract negotiations and demands for improvements such as a living wage, increased healthcare, and particularly increasing graduate worker safety by barring the NYPD…
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Decolonize This Place Statement on the GSOC Strike
Today, Decolonize This Place stands in solidarity with the strike called by GSOC, NYU’s Graduate Teacher Union. The NYU Administration’s refusal to bargain a contract in good faith is only the latest effort in its twenty year-long effort to crush the union. In particular, we support the GSOC’s decision to make cops off campus…
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NY State Assemblymembers Pledge Support to Striking Graduate Student Workers at New York University
On the heels of a state budget that directed millions in aid towards New York University (NYU), state legislators issued a letter to NYU leadership in support of workers striking since Monday, urging them to return to the bargaining table Contact: Jackson Fischer-Ward (Epstein), fischej@nyassembly.gov, 718-208-6153 Jay Simpson, GSOC-UAW Press Committee (GSOC-UAW), gsoc.press@gmail.com NEW…
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Tufts Labor Coalition Statement on GSOC Strike
Tufts Labor Coalition, a student-led labor justice organization at Tufts University, stands with NYU GSOC completely. We support all of GSOC’s demands, specifically those for paid sick leave, a living wage, and affordable and comprehensive healthcare for graduate student workers. Just two years ago, TLC fought for the same demands alongside our dining workers,…
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NYU-AAUP Statement on GSOC Strike
While NYU-AAUP is not a bargaining chapter, we routinely advocate for the collective bargaining rights of our fellow employees. Today, we stand in support of GSOC’s strike action, as we did fifteen years ago when our university administration’s ill-advised effort to stamp out the union left a bitter and divisive legacy that is still…
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THE ASSEMBLY STATE OF NEW YORK ALBANY LETTER OF SUPPORT
Andrew HamiltonPresident70 Washington Square SouthNew York, NY 10012 Katherine FlemingProvostNew York University70 Washington Square SouthNew York, NY 10012VIA EMAIL April 29th, 2021 Dear President Hamilton and Provost Fleming: We stand with the thousand-plus striking GSOC-UAW workers who are fighting for a fair contract thatpays a living wage, provides affordable healthcare, offers better protections for…
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NYSUT, UCATS-3882 In Support of Striking Graduate Workers at New York University
RESOLUTION submitted to the NYSUT Board of Directors Thursday, April 29, 2021 Submitted by UCATS, Local 3882, Stephen Rechner, President In Support of Striking Graduate Workers at New York University Whereas – The Graduate Student Organizing Committee of New York University (GSOC), UAW Local 2110 is the recognized union representing graduate employees at NYU;…
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GSOC Responds to NYU Parent Email
Although NYU President Andrew Hamilton’s message was sent to NYU’s parents email list, and did not specifically target parents of graduate workers, this email list includes many parents of graduate workers. Hamilton’s email is an unveiled attempt to pit parents of students against striking grad workers. This effort to divide students, workers, and parents…
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Quick Explainer: Mediation
In yesterday’s bargaining session with NYU, we offered to enter mediation, on certain terms. Here’s why: First, what is mediation? In bargaining mediation, a third party is brought in to help reach an agreement for a contract. The mediator meets with us and the university separately, and relays our respective proposals and responses. Mediation…
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GSOC Offers Terms for Mediation with NYU, Awaits NYU Response
During the bargaining session with NYU on Monday, April 26, GSOC agreed to mediation on three conditions: we will not end, pause, or postpone our strike; we will work with the federal mediator assigned to our contract, not a private mediator; and we will continue to hold open bargaining sessions. NYU agreed to the…