GSOC-UAW

On Wednesday, May 22, GSOC/UAW supporters had a great time celebrating the All-University Commencement at Yankee Stadium. We talked with students and parents in the plaza outside the stadium, not only congratulating them , but also distributing flyers with the message that while “NYU is a great place to study, sadly at times it is not a great place…

“We have been working on these issues at NYU for far too long.” City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s words, delivered outside Bobst Library, didn’t float up the twelve stories to John Sexton’s office. They were fired. On Thursday afternoon, Quinn and several other New York City leaders came to NYU to speak out in…

On Thursday, May 9, New York political leaders joined a group of enthusiastic GSOC/UAW supporters in confronting John Sexton’s NYU administration about the ongoing, human costs of its refusal to bargain with our union. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, State Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, and State Senator Brad Hoylman delivered a petition with signatures of over…

On Thursday May 2, we delivered our healthcare petition with more than 1000 signatures to Dean Lauren Benton of GSAS to ask her to advocate on behalf of our healthcare demands. The meeting also included the Associate Vice President for Student Health, the Dean for Humanities, the Dean for Social Sciences and the Dean for Sciences.…

Congratulations to PhD students in Cinema Studies!  NYU has now agreed to cover Maintenance of Matriculation and Health Insurance fees for Cinema Studies PhD students in their 5th, 6th and 7th years as of Fall 2013. This victory resulted from nearly a year of petitioning and organizing in Cinema Studies and in the context of more than…

Sign the petition urging NYU to restore our benefits, comply with the Affordable Care Act and ensure affordable child and dependent coverage  NYU’s Fall 2012 unilateral cuts to our health benefits highlighted the cost of the administration’s ongoing denial of RA/TA/GA collective bargaining rights and was also one of the many reasons more than…

Following up on our recent meeting, the NYU administration today rejected our proposal and communicated that, at this time, it will not change its position opposing the right to collective bargaining for nearly 1,000 graduate employees at NYU and NYU-Poly. To recap, we proposed that NYU re-commence collective bargaining with the grouping of graduate…

At the end of last semester, we delivered our open letter from more than 1,200 RAs, TAs, and GAs to the NYU administration urging that they respect our democratic choice on unionization. Early this semester, NYU asked to meet with representatives of GSOC/UAW to present us with a proposal about unionization. While the offer they made…

We want to thank everyone who participated in our visa issues seminar yesterday. There were lots of good questions and conversation, especially about the various options for employment in the US after completing graduate school. For those who were unable to make it, the two participating attorneys have extended an invitation for a free…

Our seminar on international student visa and immigration issues is tomorrow, Wednesday January 30 at 1pm. We have invited two prominent and experienced attorneys to NYU Poly to speak and answer questions these issues.  Here are the details Date: Wednesday, January 30 Time: 1pm   Location: Brooklyn Borough Hall, 2nd-fl conference room, 209 Joralemon Street Pizza will be…

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…

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…