bargaining

  • Response to President Hamilton and Provost Fleming’s email

    Dear GSOC members and NYU community, We thought it necessary to respond to and provide context for some of the claims made in today’s email from President Hamilton and Provost Fleming. Please share this response with your students and colleagues. Rationale for Striking: NYU made almost no movement While President Hamilton and Provost Fleming…

  • Quick Explainer: Tuition Waiver for Master’s students

    If you missed our previous quick explainers: living wage, health care, protection for international & immigrant workers, Cops off Campus, and Strike Vote #RealTalk.  TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE YES IN THE STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE.Also, scroll down to see a solidarity message from Tech Workers Coalition NYC. What we have now  A small percentage of Master’s grad workers…

  • Quick Explainer: Why is Cops Off Campus a Workplace Health & Safety Concern?

    What are the health and safety risks associated with cops? -Grad workers have given many testimonials about being harassed by police while on campus. -Currently, NYPD can enter campus buildings without a warrant. NYPD in and around NYU buildings are regularly spotted without wearing masks or proper PPE and have responded aggressively when asked to put…

  • Quick Explainer: What’s the deal with Health Care?

    If you missed our quick explainer yesterday on living wage, here it is.  TL;DR: The high enrollment & out-of-pocket costs of our current health care plan leave graduate workers with hundreds to thousands of dollars in medical costs, which is especially discriminatory toward those who are chronically ill. We’re asking the university to automatically enroll students in the…

  • IN RESPONSE TO NYU STATEMENTS BY SPOKESPERSON JOHN BECKMAN

    Graduate workers at NYU are among the university’s lowest-paid workers. After nine months of bargaining, NYU continues to offer only $1 increases on hourly pay and has offered insubstantial raises on total compensation for graduate workers who receive stipends. The university has refused to bargain at all on a wide range of key issues, from tuition…

  • Quick Explainer: We already have benefits. Why are we bargaining for more?

    “Our current contract gives us protections and benefits: we have 90% health care coverage, and a 20/hr wage. So why vote to authorize a potential strike and rock the boat?’” Let’s not forget that the benefits we have now are a direct result of the Strike Authorization Vote in 2015 and that we won…

  • Still thinking? Here’s Why Your Colleagues are Voting Yes

    Dear fellow member,  On Tuesday we kicked off the strike vote with an online and in-person rally at Gould Plaza. Thank you to the over one hundred members and supporters who showed up online and in-person to let NYU know that we’re not backing down in our fight for a fair contract! Read on below for…

  • NYU GRADUATE WORKERS ANNOUNCE STRIKE VOTE

    PDF version of this press release Vote Kicks Off at Rally 12pm Tuesday, March 23, 2021 For Immediate Release: March 19, 2021 GSOC Press Committee: gsoc.press@gmail.com GSOC calls vote to authorize a strike at NYU after 9 months of contract bargaining Vote to kick off with in-person and virtual rally  After GSOC delivered a…

  • NYU GRADUATE WORKERS ANNOUNCE STRIKE VOTE

    Vote Kicks Off at Rally 12pm Tuesday, March 23, 2021 New York, NY: ​The bargaining committee of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (​GSOC-UAW Local 2110​) has c​alled for a strike authorization vote​ after 9 months of negotiations with New York University. Starting March 23, union workers will vote to decide whether to empower the bargaining committee to…