Strike Actions

TAKE ACTION!

NYU’s power lies not in its name or buildings but in the minds that work, teach, and learn there. Show NYU that you support a fair contract for graduate student workers

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GET INVOLVED

For Workers

Join your fellow union members in our strike efforts! Volunteer to phone bank, draft press releases, organize strike actions, and generally connect with your fellow activists.

ACTIONS

For Faculty

Support your graduate student workers in their strike efforts! Volunteer to hold a teach-in, join our picket line, sign the petition, and more. See here for all actions.

ACTIONS

For Supporters

There are a number of ways you can help if you are a student, donor, or any other supporter. Teach a skills class, volunteer on the picket, support our mutual aid fund, and more!

ACTIONS

Actions For Workers

Volunteer On the Picket

We are looking for picket leaders, speakers, marshals, MCs and more to help run our virtual and in-person pickets and rallies. Sign up here if you would like to help.

GET INVOLVED

Contribute to our Members space on the virtual picket.

Click through the virtual picket to see our members’ gallery, reading room, playlists, videos, and more. Contribute to it yourself using the submission forms found on the pages.

EXPLORE

Attend the NYC picket

Attend our NYC picket! Join in solidarity with your fellow workers and watch speeches, march, listen to member DJs, teach-ins, comedy and more!

RSVP HERE

Attend a virtual event

Attend our next online event in our Topia world! Join in solidarity with your fellow workers in bargaining sessions, phone zapping, movie nights, teach-ins, games and more!

RSVP HERE

Support workers

If NYU graduate workers decide to strike, we recognize that we do not all face the same risks to our income. Click here and help with the mutual aid fund supporting striking GSOC graduate workers.

MUTUAL AID FUND

Get involved

Join your fellow union members in our strike efforts! Volunteer to phone bank, draft press releases, organize strike actions, and generally connect with your fellow activists.

VOLUNTEER

Post on social media

Have a social media following? Raise your voice and get the word out that NYU graduate students are coming together to fight for a fair contract. Use these resources to get started.

MEDIA KIT

Strike Email Signature and Auto Responder

A quick and easy action to take is to change your email signature and an autoresponder. Click here for a how-to on how to change yours.

SEE HERE

Actions For Faculty

Volunteer to Host a Teach-in

Our picket activities revolve around our belief that the value of NYU is in its people. Join our fight and support your graduate student workers by hosting a teach-in or speak at our in-person or virtual picket line.

VOLUNTEER

Guidelines and FAQ for Faculty, Managers, and Supervisors

Sign the Petition of Support

Many faculty, managers, supervisors, and administrative personnel from NYU support graduate workers in our fight for a fair contract with NYU. Show your support by signing this petition today.

SIGN HERE

Post on Social Media

Have a social media following? Raise your voice and get the word out that NYU graduate students are coming together to fight for a fair contract. Use these resources to get started.

MEDIA KIT

Attend a IRL Picket event

Attend our NYC picket! Join in solidarity with your fellow workers and watch speeches, march, listen to member DJs, teach-ins, comedy and more!

RSVP HERE

Attend a virtual event

Attend our next online event in our Topia world! Join in solidarity with your fellow workers in bargaining sessions, phone zapping, movie nights, teach-ins, games and more!

RSVP HERE

Support workers

If NYU graduate workers decide to strike, we recognize that we do not all face the same risks to our income. Click here and help with the mutual aid fund supporting striking GSOC graduate workers.

MUTUAL AID FUND

We ask that faculty and supervisors support our right to strike by:

Talking to students, colleagues, and administrators about your support. Your opinions matter, especially to those around you. You can use your authority to speak in favor of graduate workers.
Incorporating the strike into your teaching & pedagogy. Explain to your students and colleagues why we are striking and why it’s important.
Signing and sharing this open letter calling on the university to settle a fair contract.
Working with your department to produce a letter to the administration in support.
Not reporting the names of those striking to the administration!
Not replacing graduate labor and thus minimizing the impact of our strike.
Not hiring replacement workers
Not doing the administrative, logistical, research, or other work your graduate worker colleagues would usually be assigned.
Passing the problem of ungraded work up the administrative chain so that it becomes a problem for the central administration, increasing pressure on NYU to reach an agreement with GSOC.
Moving class “off-campus” and off NYU zoom for the duration of the strike.
Canceling or postponing all public NYU events, including conferences, workshops, and lectures. Send out cancellation notices that express your support for striking graduate workers.
Joining us on the picket line! Bring your class! Faculty presence encourages students and graduate workers and shows how wide the support for our strike is.

Actions For Supporters

Get involved

Join us in our strike efforts! Volunteer to join the picket, DJ, host a movie night, give a lecture, plan a picket activity, etc. Fill out this form with any ideas and availability you have for in-person and virtual events.

VOLUNTEER

Undergraduate Petition

Are you an undergraduate student at NYU? Our learning conditions are your working conditions. Sign the undergraduate petition to show your support for your graduate workers.

SIGN HERE

Post on social media

Have a social media following? Raise your voice and get the word out that NYU graduate students are coming together to fight for a fair contract. Use these resources to get started.

MEDIA KIT

Alumni Support Guide

How can our alumni support network help GSOC in our strike. Click to see our helpful guide for alumni specific actions .

ALUMNI GUIDE

Attend a IRL Picket event

Attend our NYC picket! Join in solidarity with your fellow workers and watch speeches, march, listen to member DJs, teach-ins, comedy and more!

RSVP HERE

Attend a virtual event

Attend our next online event in our Topia world! Join in solidarity with your fellow workers in bargaining sessions, phone zapping, movie nights, teach-ins, games and more!

RSVP HERE

Support workers

If NYU graduate workers decide to strike, we recognize that we do not all face the same risks to our income. Click here and help with the mutual aid fund supporting striking GSOC graduate workers.

MUTUAL AID FUND