STRIKING NYU GRADS KEEP UP THE PRESSURE INTO SPRING SEMESTER

STRIKING NYU GRADS KEEP UP THE PRESSURE INTO SPRING SEMESTER
Support from Community of Scholars, Labor Movement and Elected Officials Felt over Winter Break

NEW YORK - Today, the first day of the spring semester at New York University, the teaching and graduate assistants of NYU return to picket lines as they continue to fight for a second contract. The strikers, members of GSOC/UAW Local 2110, suspended regular picketing over the winter break when there are no classes. NYU's graduate employees have been without a contract since August 31 and went on strike November 9 after NYU repeatedly refused to come to the bargaining table.

"They have tried to threaten and intimidate our members into relinquishing their rights as workers" said Michael Palm, the
union's chairperson, "but we have stayed strong despite their union-busting campaign."

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