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NYU uses their refusal to negotiate a second contract to impose another round of health care cuts

Dozens of US Senators and Representatives express their support for GSOC.

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These gains, won through the strength of our union, were extended to students on fellowships and pushed other universities to also start treating their grad employees more fairly. The UAW represents more grad workers than any other union, including those at the U of Massachusetts, the entire U of California system, and the U of Washington.

When our first contract ended in August 2005, NYU hid behind a partisan decision by the Bush National Labor Relations Board and refused to negotiate a new contract. NYU graduate students have demonstrated again and again that they overwhelmingly want to work under the security of a union contract, including going out on strike in 2005, but the university administration continues to refuse to start negotiations. Academics and elected officials from around the country have condemned the NYU Administration for its union-busting tactics.

In response to the 05-06 strike, the NYU administration set up a "House of Delegates" (HOD), with the stated purpose of giving grad students a "voice" on campus. GAs voted overwhelmingly for a GSOC-supported slate of candidates who pledged to strive for real rights and protections for grads. Both in and out of the HOD, GSOC activists continue to work for fair working conditions and benefits for all of us.