• Important Briefing on Union Negotiations

    Important Briefing on Union Negotiations

    Thursday, April 10Important Union Meeting for all Supporters–Report on Bargaining, Q&A, Brainstorm3-5pm, NYU-Poly, Regna Lounge6-8pm, Washington Square, Graduate Lounge, Silver Center On Thursday, April 10 we will hold an extremely important union meeting to report on and discuss where we are in bargaining. There will be a session at each campus: 3-5 pm, Regna Lounge,…

  • New Progress in Union Negotiations

    New Progress in Union Negotiations

    After three bargaining sessions with the University, there has been significant progress in negotiating non-economic, workplace rights clauses into our contract.  To date, the University has agreed that the following provisions will be part of the contract. Union Recognition clause which describes what positions are in the bargaining unit Graduate Employees to receive Letter…

  • Bargaining Begins!

    Bargaining Begins!

    On Tuesday, February 25, graduate employees at NYU’s Washington Square and Polytechnic campuses voted overwhelmingly to approve the initial bargaining proposal of the GSOC–UAW 2110 Bargaining Committee. The following day, the Bargaining Committee met with NYU administration representatives for the first time in over a decade to begin the bargaining process. At the outset of the…

  • WE WON! On to contract Negotiations!

    WE WON! On to contract Negotiations!

    Great news! The vote is in – 620 to 10 – 98.4% percent of participating graduate employees voted Yes for GSOC/UAW and SET/UAW as our Union. The American Arbitration Association has certified the results. Under our recent agreement with NYU, the University will now recognize our Union and begin bargaining in good faith for…

  • [NYTimes] N.Y.U. Graduate Assistants to Join Auto Workers’ Union

    [NYTimes] N.Y.U. Graduate Assistants to Join Auto Workers’ Union

    Graduate teaching and research assistants at New York University have voted overwhelmingly to unionize, the American Arbitration Association announced this week after conducting the vote. The graduate assistants voted 620 to 10 to affiliate with the United Automobile Workers, a move that will make their group the only graduate assistants’ union recognized by a…

  • [NYTimes] With New Agreement, N.Y.U. Would Again Recognize Graduate Assistants’ Union

    [NYTimes] With New Agreement, N.Y.U. Would Again Recognize Graduate Assistants’ Union

    For eight years, hundreds of graduate students at New York University have been at war with the school’s president, John Sexton, over his 2005 decision to stop recognizing the labor union that once represented more than 1,000 of the university’s graduate teaching and research assistants. But N.Y.U. and the union for those graduate assistants, an arm…

  • This is huge: Union election set for December 10 &11!

    This is huge: Union election set for December 10 &11!

    After an 8-year struggle, we have reached an unprecedented agreement with NYU’s Administration to vote on December 10th and 11th to win back our Union! Today, GSOC/UAW and SET/UAW signed an agreement that puts us in position to start bargaining very soon and work toward having a new contract by the end of the academic year. Voting “Yes” will…

  • UAW Graduate Employees Reach Historic Agreement with NYU after Eight-Year Struggle

    UAW Graduate Employees Reach Historic Agreement with NYU after Eight-Year Struggle

    1,247 Can Vote for a Union, NYU Promises to Remain Neutral and Respect Majority New York, NY – UAW graduate employees have reached an unprecedented agreement with New York University in which the administration will remain neutral and respect the results of an election for more than 1,200 GAs, TAs, and RAs to vote on…

  • [AFLCIO] Why NYU Graduate Student Workers Are Fighting for a Voice on the Job

    [AFLCIO] Why NYU Graduate Student Workers Are Fighting for a Voice on the Job

    [ylwm_vimeo height=”230″ width=”410″]79914598[/ylwm_vimeo] At New York University (NYU), one of the wealthiest and most expensive schools in America, you’d think access to decent and affordable health care for employees and their dependents would be in reach. Yet teaching and research assistants at NYU are experiencing exorbitant costs for their health plans through the university.…

  • [#TBT 2002] NYU Teaching Assistants Win Major Gains in First-Ever Contract at Private University

    [#TBT 2002] NYU Teaching Assistants Win Major Gains in First-Ever Contract at Private University

    Today’s TBT is an original version of the 2002 GSOC/UAW press release on our historic first contract, which included a 38% increase to the stipend minimum and paid healthcare coverage for the first time. At the time, NYU praised the agreement as well, saying it recognized “the importance of graduate students to our community”…

  • UAW Grad Employee Union Led Successful Campaign to Stop Discriminatory International Student ‘Fee’ at UMASS

    UAW Grad Employee Union Led Successful Campaign to Stop Discriminatory International Student ‘Fee’ at UMASS

    In December 2003 the University of Massachusetts at Amherst began imposing a $65/semester ‘International Student Fee’ on international students. The fee was introduced to generate revenue for the university’s International Programs Office (IPO), to administer the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), a federally mandated program that tracks personal information about international students,…

  • Visa and Immigration Issues Seminar Held at NYU

    Visa and Immigration Issues Seminar Held at NYU

    Last Friday GSOC/UAW and CSSA (the Chinese Students and Scholars Association) sponsored a seminar on visa and immigration issues. For many graduate employees who want to continue to work in the United States after graduation, acquiring the proper visa can be confusing and daunting. Attendees learned more about their options and about their status…