• Help Save Science Funding: Join the Whiteboard Project!

    Help Save Science Funding: Join the Whiteboard Project!

    Did you know that if Congress fails to strike a deal on the budget and we go off the fiscal cliff,science budget cuts of 8-10% will take effect – and billions of dollars of the federal fundingour work depends upon will be lost? NIH funding would be cut by $2.5 billion, the NSF by $586 million, NASA by…

  • Important update on GSOC/UAW meeting with NYU

    Important update on GSOC/UAW meeting with NYU

    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…

  • Visa Issues Seminar Held at NYU-Poly

    Visa Issues Seminar Held at NYU-Poly

    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…

  • Visa Seminar to be Held at NYU-Poly

    Visa Seminar to be Held at NYU-Poly

    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…

  • Student/Employee Visa Issues Survey and Seminar

    Student/Employee Visa Issues Survey and Seminar

    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…

  • [AFLCIO] NYU Graduate Employees Call for Fair Election, Not More Legal Action

    [AFLCIO] NYU Graduate Employees Call for Fair Election, Not More Legal Action

    More than 1,100 graduate student employees at New York University (NYU) and NYU-Poly have signed and delivered a letter to the university’s administration urging the school to respect their choice to join a union. The letter was delivered in anticipation of a decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that could reverse a 2004 decision…

  • 1,100 Grad Union Supporters Tell NYU to Respect Our Democratic Choice

    1,100 Grad Union Supporters Tell NYU to Respect Our Democratic Choice

    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…

  • Tell NYU to Respect Our Democratic Choice for a Union

    Tell NYU to Respect Our Democratic Choice for a Union

    Please take 30 seconds right now to join hundreds of fellow grad students by signing our Open Letter urging NYU to respect our democratic choice to have a Union. The National Labor Relations Board may restore our legal right to collective bargaining before the end of this semester. Adding your voice will help send a…

  • Give 5 minutes of feedback on our health benefit cuts

    Give 5 minutes of feedback on our health benefit cuts

    Did you know NYU recently made unilateral changes to the Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan (GSHIP)? Click here and take 5 minutes to tell us what YOU THINK about the changes. Without collective bargaining, NYU is free to make these types of changes to our benefits. Since graduate employees often cite the desire to have…

  • [IHE] Students or Employees?

    [IHE] Students or Employees?

    WASHINGTON — Are graduate students who work as teaching assistants and research assistants at private universities entitled to collective bargaining? The answer depends on whether these graduate student employees should be seen primarily as students or employees. If the former, the National Labor Relations Board would have a tough time saying that they have…

  • Exciting News from the National Labor Relations Board

    Exciting News from the National Labor Relations Board

    We have encouraging news! The National Labor Relations Board announced that it will review our petition to reassert our right to choose collective bargaining. This is great news because it moves us one step closer to getting our union certified. With this latest movement by the board, we could have an opportunity to vote…

  • [TCOHE] NLRB Will Revisit Issue of Graduate Students’ Right to Unionize

    [TCOHE] NLRB Will Revisit Issue of Graduate Students’ Right to Unionize

    The National Labor Relations Board says it will review its 2004 ruling that prohibits graduate-student assistants at private universities from unionizing. The board voted 3 to 1 on Friday to review that ruling by granting a review of two new cases, involving unionization efforts at New York University and the Polytechnic Institute of New…