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GSOC stands up for equal access to paid positions in the union
When we heard that NYU was going to make it extremely hard for members (especially international students) to hold the paid unit rep positions in the union, we brought our concerns & our people directly to HR. We look forward to NYU negotiating in better faith with us moving forward, and retracting the imposition of restrictions…
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Resolution against the Dakota Access Pipeline and in Favor of a Just Transition to a Clean Energy Future
Ratified October 18th 2016
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FAQs + What to do about NYU’s faulty FICA taxes
As GSOC noted previously, there’s evidence that NYU is wrongly deducting many thousands of dollars in FICA taxes from grad student pay. Since then, two NYU grad students and GSOC members (Anne & Noah) have been doggedly researching this issue and what to do about it. This is clearly a collective problem which requires a collective response. To this…
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Statement Denouncing the NYU Board of Trustees Decision Not to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Ratified June 21 2016
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Resolution to participate in Trade Unions for Energy Democracy
At the May 2016 Assembly of Stewards, GSOC ratified this resolution to join Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, with steward Anne Pasek serving as a TUED liaison.
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NYU Is Messing Up Workers’ Taxes Again
UPDATE: We’ve launched a self-reporting form about this issue. If you are affected, please share your information so that we can advocate for a collective response from the university (or pursue one ourselves): Click Here to report your wrongly deducted FICA taxes. Previously we noted wide-spread problems with international student 2014 tax withholding. Now we’ve…
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Election and Referendum Results
Dear Colleagues, We write with the results of our election. Despite several irregularities in the run up to April 15 and the delay in opening voting on stewards and Joint Council delegates earlier this week, we are pleased to announce that our election results and the results of the referendum vote have now been…
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