![A person holding a megaphone leads chants in front of a crowd.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/4P7A4303-1200x800.jpg)
Protesters march from WSP down Lafayette demanding police removal from campus
The demonstrators also referenced a 2020 universitywide statement that said the New York City Police Department has “no standing presence” on campus.
Dharma Niles, Deputy News Editor
• May 6, 2024
![A graphic of a letter titled “GSOC-UAW Local 2110, Making A Better N.Y.U Since 1998” on a purple background.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/news-gsocstatement-1200x800.png)
GSOC accuses NYU of canceling pro-Palestinian events, criticizes disciplinary action
NYU’s graduate student union claimed the university has targeted students and workers for promoting pro-Palestinian speech in a statement in response to the university’s recent student conduct report.
Adrianna Nehme and Yezen Saadah
• December 5, 2023
![A protester wearing a green sweater and a pearl necklace is holding a sign that says ‘Undergrads for GSOC.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/news-courseassistants-1200x799.jpg)
Course assistants to receive $1.7 million in missing back pay
NYU recently finalized a yearslong grievance with its graduate student union, which demanded over $1 million in backdated hourly pay for hundreds of course assistants.
Yezen Saadah, News Editor
• September 21, 2023
![Three people hold a banner that reads “Contract Faculty United.” One of them has his fist raised in the air.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/maydayrally-16-900x600.jpg)
NYU labor groups stage May Day protest
Two unions representing NYU employees protested the university’s handling of labor issues.
Graylin Lucas, Staff Writer
• May 2, 2023
![A person holding up a paperboard sign that reads “COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY WITH G.S.O.C.” There is a purple flag of N.Y.U hanging from a building in the background.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/news-graduatecourseassistant.jpeg)
NYU course assistants demand $1.3 million in missing back pay
The university’s graduate student union is calling on NYU to compensate course assistants for back pay included in a summer 2022 settlement.
Yezen Saadah, News Editor
• April 27, 2023
![Students march in line on the white concrete sidewalk on the south side of West Fourth Street in front of the red Bobst library building passing by a small green tree and a red street sign. Some of the students hold posters in support of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-gsoccontract.jpeg)
Grad union demands missing back pay from NYU admin
Thousands of graduate student workers have not received outstanding back payments from NYU despite a guarantee included in the union's May 2021 contract.
Nicole Lu, Contributing Writer
• March 8, 2022
![An illustration of students sitting in a colloquium room for a student government meeting. On the left, a purple banner with the NYU torch logo hangs on the wall and reads “‘NYU SGA.”](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/susan-sga-900x675.png)
Student gov’t champions divestment and grad student pay
The Student Government Assembly passed resolutions proposed by Sunrise Movement NYU and a member of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee during its meeting on March 2.
Abby Wilson, Deputy News Editor
• March 7, 2022
![Earlier this year, the NYU Graduate Student Organization Committee secured a pay and benefits increase from the university after three weeks of protesting unfair compensation. Students from other universities who are going on strike deserve our solidarity in their fight for fair pay. (Staff Photo by Alexandra Chan)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ops-house-collectivebargaining.jpeg)
Editorial: Support graduate student union strikes
From the Ivy League to the West Coast, graduate student workers are going on strike because of low pay and meager benefits. Graduate union strikes deserve our solidarity as they pave the way for labor struggles nationwide.
WSN Editorial Board
• November 8, 2021
![With two very important roles to fulfill, student parents face a difficult balance to maintain.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-07-at-9.43.34-PM-900x294.png)
Unseen, overworked, underpaid: Student parents at NYU
Struggling with burnout, hectic schedules and financial adversity, NYU’s student parents call for increased representation and resources to help them balance college and raising children.
Ava Emilione, Contributing Writer
• November 8, 2021
![The Graduate Student Organizing Committee’s ongoing strike has changed how many students’ academic performance will be evaluated this semester. Once the strike began, professors began telling their students that if the GSOC strike continued into final exams, the format of the exams would be changed. (Staff Photo by Alexandra Chan)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1338-1-900x600.jpg)
How the GSOC strike is impacting finals
With TAs on strike, students are frustrated with professors’ management of final exams.
Rachel Fadem, Staff Writer
• May 6, 2021
![The Graduate Student Organizing Committee has been on strike since April 26 of this year, demanding a renegotiated contract after their previous one expired in August 2020. This strike is not the first time graduate student workers have struggled to get the university to bargain. (Staff Photo by Alexandra Chan)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/news-gsochistory-alexandrachan-900x599.jpg)
‘The resilience of GSOC’: A look into the union’s history
The ongoing graduate student worker strike is not the first time the Graduate Student Organizing Committee has used strike actions to battle for its demands.
Rachel Cohen, Staff Writer
• May 4, 2021
![The Graduate Student Organizing Committee’s strike continues into its second week. Some NYU professors have come out in solidarity with the graduate student workers and are urging the university administration to work towards a fair and reasonable contract. (Staff Photo by Alexandra Chan)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/news-professorsstrike-900x599.jpg)
Professors express solidarity with GSOC
Many NYU professors have come out in support of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee’s strike and are urging the university administration to work toward a fair and reasonable contract.
Roshni Raj, Deputy News Editor
• May 3, 2021
![A purple N.Y.U. flag hangs on a building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-childaistudy-1200x800.jpg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
![Students stream past the clay-colored main entrance of Bobst Library on a bright fall afternoon. The green scenery of Washington Square Park is reflected off the library’s windows.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-sustainability-900x600.jpg)
Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
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Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
![A woman dressed in red and holding a purple sign that reads NYU is Complicit in Genocide.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RallyForHesen-3-1200x800.jpg)
Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024