• Bargaining Update & Strike Fund Registration

    Dear members,  TL;DR: The strike is working! By applying pressure on the university, we have made significant wins on a number of demands regarding vacation and parental leave, although NYU continues to be intransigent on a range of important issues.Read below for more In order to receive strike benefits, you must come in person to register…

  • IMPORTANT: GSOC UAW STRIKE FUND: REGISTER IN-PERSON/ZOOM STARTING TOMORROW

    Dear Members, We just received more information from the UAW (our parent union) about our strike benefits that slightly alters the mechanism for receiving the strike benefits. We were expecting the registration to be entirely online, however the UAW staff has informed us that officials from the UAW’s Strike Department will be registering workers…

  • Bargaining Update- April 29th

    SUBJECT: Bargaining Recap: NYU wanted mediation, but continued stonewalling. PREVIEW TEXT: Through 10 hours of mediation, we narrowed and refined our proposals. NYU had no response. TL;DR: A huge number of you turned out for our first session with a mediator. While NYU continued to stonewall, presenting nothing, we set out a full contract…

  • The Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies & The Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies issues statement of solidarity

    The MEIS faculty stand in solidarity with graduate students and endorse their collective bargaining right. We urge the NYU administration to negotiate a new contract with GSOC that will address the graduate students’ demands and concerns in good faith. MEIS faculty will continue to support its students and not report any students participating in…

  • Department of Comparative Literature Issues Statement of Support

    The Department of Comparative Literature affirms its commitment to treating those striking and/or refusing to cross picket lines with care and respect. We support, as a matter of principle, the struggle for labor equity, a living wage, and the health and childcare benefits that should be a right for every member of our community…

  • Wagner Students for Criminal Justice Reform Releases Statement of Support

    Wagner Students for Criminal Justice Reform unequivocally supports the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC) and NYU graduate workers in their ongoing strike against NYU. Further, SCJR fully supports GSOC in its contract negotiations and demands for improvements such as a living wage, increased healthcare, and particularly increasing graduate worker safety by barring the NYPD…

  • Decolonize This Place Statement on the GSOC Strike

    Today, Decolonize This Place stands in solidarity with the strike called by GSOC, NYU’s Graduate Teacher Union. The NYU Administration’s refusal to bargain a contract in good faith is only the latest effort in its twenty year-long effort to crush the union. In particular, we support the GSOC’s decision to make cops off campus…

  • NY State Assemblymembers Pledge Support to Striking Graduate Student Workers at New York University

    On the heels of a state budget that directed millions in aid towards New York University (NYU), state legislators issued a letter to NYU leadership in support of workers striking since Monday, urging them to return to the bargaining table Contact: Jackson Fischer-Ward (Epstein), fischej@nyassembly.gov, 718-208-6153 Jay Simpson, GSOC-UAW Press Committee (GSOC-UAW), gsoc.press@gmail.com NEW…

  • Tufts Labor Coalition Statement on GSOC Strike

    Tufts Labor Coalition, a student-led labor justice organization at Tufts University, stands with NYU GSOC completely. We support all of GSOC’s demands, specifically those for paid sick leave, a living wage, and affordable and comprehensive healthcare for graduate student workers. Just two years ago, TLC fought for the same demands alongside our dining workers,…

  • NYU-AAUP Statement on GSOC Strike

    While NYU-AAUP is not a bargaining chapter, we routinely advocate for the collective bargaining rights of our fellow employees. Today, we stand in support of GSOC’s strike action, as we did fifteen years ago when our university administration’s ill-advised effort to stamp out the union left a bitter and divisive legacy that is still…

  • THE ASSEMBLY STATE OF NEW YORK ALBANY LETTER OF SUPPORT

    Andrew HamiltonPresident70 Washington Square SouthNew York, NY 10012 Katherine FlemingProvostNew York University70 Washington Square SouthNew York, NY 10012VIA EMAIL April 29th, 2021 Dear President Hamilton and Provost Fleming: We stand with the thousand-plus striking GSOC-UAW workers who are fighting for a fair contract thatpays a living wage, provides affordable healthcare, offers better protections for…

  • NYSUT, UCATS-3882 In Support of Striking Graduate Workers at New York University

    RESOLUTION submitted to the NYSUT Board of Directors Thursday, April 29, 2021 Submitted by UCATS, Local 3882, Stephen Rechner, President In Support of Striking Graduate Workers at New York University Whereas – The Graduate Student Organizing Committee of New York University (GSOC), UAW Local 2110 is the recognized union representing graduate employees at NYU;…