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.
De Blasio must deliver for delivery workers
The New York City Council passed an unprecedented slate of legislation that will protect delivery workers from unsafe working conditions. Bill de Blasio should sign it immediately.
Photo Essay: NYU graduate student union picket line — week 1
Photo galleries for each day of GSOC’s picketing, updated every day.
Graduate student workers prepared to strike next week
As GSOC’s April 26 strike deadline approaches, contract negotiations between the university and the union remain at a standstill.
Workers enter fourth week of hunger strike, protesting lack of unemployment benefits
Undocumented and recently incarcerated workers barred from accessing New York state unemployment benefits have been on an indefinite hunger strike since March 16.
Teachers Campaign for Bernie on Wall Street
The United Federation of Teachers handed out flyers in support of presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his education reform plan.
Students Fear Upcoming Supreme Court Decision on LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination
With a majority-conservative Supreme Court, students are not confident that LGBTQ workers will remain protected from discrimination.
NYU’s Graduate Student Union Could Lose University Recognition
A proposal by the National Labor Review Board could threaten the status of graduate workers at private universities.
Manipulative Language and Greed in Labor Politics
With their rhetoric of freedom and liberty, politicians distract while they take rights from workers and empower corporations.
GSOC’s Newest Fight for Survival
Following a new National Labor Relations Board rule, graduate students’ right to organize is at stake. What does this mean for graduate student organizers in NYU’s Graduate Student Organizing Committee?
The US Needs a General Strike
The National Labor Relations Board’s plan to redefine graduate students as non-workers poses a new threat to the growing labor movement. If the plan succeeds, mass action is the only response.
