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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

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 Apr 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.
Members of SLAM occupy the McDonald’s on Broadway demanding higher minimum wages.

SLAM protests for minimum wage raise

Amanda Morris, Contributing Writer Apr 2, 2015
The NYU Student Labor Action Movement participated in a Fight For $15 action as fast food workers demand $15/hr and a union.
GSOC negotiates tentative contract with NYU administration

GSOC negotiates tentative contract with NYU administration

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

Continued Abu Dhabi labor abuses alarming

WSN Editorial Board Feb 11, 2015
Human Rights Watch reports that labor conditions at NYU's construction projects in Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island aren't been monitored closely enough and abuses are still happening.
via NYU

Concerns over labor at NYU Shanghai

John Ambrosio, News Editor Dec 3, 2014
NYU has begun investigating labor conditions at NYU Shanghai.
Study shows union membership on the rise in New York region

Study shows union membership on the rise in New York region

Erika Buzzell, Contributing Writer Sep 4, 2014
New study shows increase in union density.
Courtesy of NYUAD

NYUAD hires new investigators to revisit labor conditions

John Ambrosio, News Editor Jul 2, 2014
A new company will investigate the labor conditions at NYU Abu Dhabi's campus on Saadiyat Island.
File photo by Felipe de la Hoz

NYU should sever ties with Jansport

Apr 30, 2014
The workers at Rana Plaza may have desperately needed jobs, but that does not justify the ruthless and extreme exploitation they had to endure.
courtesy of Drew Todrys

Alum alleviates labor conditions

Ann Schmidt, News Editor Apr 22, 2014
An NYU alumnus started a non-profit organization called Project Assembly Line in an effort to collaborate with factory workers to improve working conditions.
Felipe De La Hoz/WSN

Advocates equate human, labor rights

Anjana Sreedhar, Staff Writer Apr 22, 2014
Jo Becker said human rights organizations can do more to ensure that labor rights are human rights by prioritizing the agendas.
via Facebook.com

SLAM urges NYU to drop JanSport

Apr 14, 2014
Student Labor Action Movement students and Bangladeshi labor advocates are calling for NYU to cut its ties with the company.

Workplace safety must evolve to protect labor

Mar 26, 2014
If we are to serve the memory of those who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, we must pressure employers to conform to domestic and international regulations

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