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Crowds rally in front of Coles Sports Center on Wednesday, December 2, for the NYU Walk of Shame, organized by GSOC/UAW, the union for graduate employees at NYU.

[UPDATE] Walk of Shame criticizes NYU for graduate worker contract violations

Dan Moritz-Rabson, Contributing Writer December 2, 2015
The Graduate Student Organizing Committee held a Walk of Shame outside of Coles to protest various graduate worker job losses and the imminent closure of Coles gym.
NYU must deliver on GSOC promises

NYU must deliver on GSOC promises

WSN Editorial Board October 18, 2015
NYU must make more of an effort to address the missing graduate student paychecks. The administration's carelessness towards its student finances is wholly unprofessional.
The Graduate Student Organizing Committee, or GSOC, voted this past Friday regarding Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions' measures against the Israeli state.

GSOC holds work-in, says university not holding up their end of the contract

Diamond Naga Siu, Contributing Writer October 15, 2015
GSOC expressed their frustration over what they claim is NYU's resistance to implement last year's contract.
Haley Quinn (left) and Vishnu Bachani (center) of NYU’s Student Labor Action Movement speak to prospective student Elliot Waxman (right) about raising student worker pay to $15 an hour in front of the NYU Welcome Center on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015.

Student-workers angry at payroll backup

Thomas Peracchio, Contributing Writer October 10, 2015
SLAM occupied the Welcome Center on Friday afternoon to ask the university to rectify a payroll hangup.
A judge says that NYU must bargain with the union workers at Bobst regarding the school’s decision to change job duties and descriptions.

NYU, Bobst workers clash over job changes

Lexi Faunce, Staff Writer April 28, 2015
A National Labor Relations Board judge ordered the university to bargain with the union representing workers at Bobst Library over changes in job duties.

GSOC to vote on contract provisions

Amanda Morris, Contributing Writer March 31, 2015
GSOC and NYU officially announced the terms of their contract, which will last until 2020.

NYU Reacts: GSOC agreement

Alex Bazeley, Deputy News Editor March 11, 2015
Members of the NYU community react to the university and GSOC agreeing on a contract.
GSOC negotiates tentative contract with NYU administration

GSOC negotiates tentative contract with NYU administration

Marita Vlachou and Alanna Bayarin March 10, 2015
Negotiators from NYU and the union for graduate employees met to discuss a new contract for graduate student TAs.
Negativity stymies GSOC negotiation

Negativity stymies GSOC negotiation

WSN Editorial Board March 10, 2015
NYU's misrepresentation of GSOC positions is unacceptable, and must be avoided in future negotiations.
GSOC demands unreasonable for NYU

GSOC demands unreasonable for NYU

Anthony Sganga, Contributing Writer March 9, 2015
The graduate student union should accept NYU's offer and avoid a strike.

Undergraduates protest university’s GSOC negotiations

Marita Vlachou, News Editor March 6, 2015
SLAM rallies in response to the memorandum sent to the university regarding the potential strike of graduate student workers.
NYU GSOC waved a piñata pig on Tuesday representing NYU's 2013 profits off of students.

GSOC protests over contracts, benefits

Larson Binzer, Deputy News Editor December 3, 2014
GSOC held a rally to protest NYU's lack of a contract to extend benefits and higher pay to working graduate students on Tuesday, Dec. 2.