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Contract Ratified!
Dear member, Our new contract has now been ratified! GSOC members voted YES by a 99% majority to ratify the contract (1103 in favor, 11 against). We couldn’t have done this without all of you and a strong united strike. What does this mean for you? Review the agreement here. Our new contract will be retroactive from…
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May 10th – Bargaining Update
Dear Fellow Members: As we begin week 3 of our strike, it’s clear that the strike is working! Check out the bargaining update below for updates on major wins around our international and immigrant worker demands. These wins are significant, and they only happened because of YOU withholding your labor and making our disruption…
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Bargaining Update-May 5th
Our strike is making NYU move on a number of issues, but we need to keep fighting to win the contract we deserve! -NYU has finally countered on compensation, while still falling short of our demand for a living wage. NYU has raised its offer of $21/hour by only 50 CENTS, that is, an…
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Bargaining Update & Strike Fund Registration
Dear members, TL;DR: The strike is working! By applying pressure on the university, we have made significant wins on a number of demands regarding vacation and parental leave, although NYU continues to be intransigent on a range of important issues.Read below for more In order to receive strike benefits, you must come in person to register…
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Bargaining Update- April 29th
SUBJECT: Bargaining Recap: NYU wanted mediation, but continued stonewalling. PREVIEW TEXT: Through 10 hours of mediation, we narrowed and refined our proposals. NYU had no response. TL;DR: A huge number of you turned out for our first session with a mediator. While NYU continued to stonewall, presenting nothing, we set out a full contract…
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Bargaining and Strike Update- April 26th
Dear Fellow Member, Yesterday was the first day of our strike! We kicked off our virtual and in person picket line together with hundreds of grad workers and supporters who joined us in our fight for a fair contract. Our bargaining committee also met with NYU for the first bargaining session during the strike.…
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We bargained with NYU for 10 hours…Monday we’re going on strike!
Dear Fellow Members, On Thursday, our bargaining committee (with ~100 observers!) met with NYU for a marathon 10-hour bargaining session. NYU made several new proposals, and we know that’s only because they’re scared of our strike. But their new proposals were not enough. While we made significant moves and presented a contract framework that…
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Bargaining Update- April 6th
If you missed our previous quick explainers: living wage, health care, protection for international & immigrant workers, and Strike Vote #RealTalk. What happened in bargaining yesterday? After asking for 3-weeks to prepare, NYU came back with ONE counter-proposal. At the last bargaining session (March 18th), we made a number of counters, altering our proposals and setting out new frameworks…
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Bargaining Update – February 4th
Since bargaining began, NYU has offered grad workers a $1 raise, or no more than $20 extra a week—which barely covers 2 meals in NYC! Last week, after NYU kept us waiting for 70 mins, our new bargaining committee presented a compensation counterproposal. We are fighting for funded grad workers to receive a minimum…
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Bargaining Update – December 16th
In today’s bargaining session, GSOC went over the impact bargaining proposals again, highlighting that these are still on the table and have still largely not been addressed by NYU, despite the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has been ongoing for about 9 months as of today. Among these proposals, a few were highlighted. First…
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Bargaining Update – November 5th
tl;dr: NYU brought no new counter proposals. NYU asked a few clarifying questions about our proposals on vacation and bargaining unit lists, and reiterated their rejection to expand the grievance filing time limit from 15 days to 120 days. NYU maintained its rejection of our proposed $40/hr living wage. We have made movement on…
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Bargaining update – October 13th, 2020
TL;DR: Despite two meaningful gains won by GSOC on issues related to equity & inclusion and childcare, NYU continued to stonewall most of the union’s demands. GSOC emphasized demands related to significantly improving benefits for Master’sstudents and eliminating inequities between PhD and master’s workers. The latest bargaining session was another exercise in patience from…