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NEW!
Joint Statement from Local 7902 and GSOC/UAW Local 2110
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What
is GSOC/UAW Local 2110?
GSOC
is the union for teaching, research and graduate assistants at
New York University. As the chosen representative of the majority
of NYU graduate employees, GSOC/UAW (the Graduate Student Organizing
Committee) is committed to restoring collective bargaining rights
to our membership and forcing NYU to recognize our union once
again.
In
2002, GSOC/UAW Local 2110 because the first union representing
teaching and research assistants at a private university. When
our contract expired in 2005,
the NYU administration hid behind a partisan
National Labor Relations Board decision and refused to renegotiate.
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Local 2110 and ACT-UAW Local 7902, would like to clarify the issue
of union representation for graduate employees and adjuncts at New
York University. GSOC/UAW is the union for ALL graduate employees
at NYU, including those who teach, research, or perform administrative
work. ACT-UAW is the union for adjunct faculty.
GSOC/UAW
is currently engaged in a campaign to bring the NYU administration
back to the bargaining table. In 2000, GSOC/UAW won collective
bargaining rights for graduate assistants and negotiated an historic
first contract. When that contract expired, the NYU administration
refused to negotiate a second contract with GSOC/UAW.
Without
ever consulting with ACT-UAW or GSOC/UAW, the University unilaterally
implemented "FAR-4", notifying certain graduate employees
that their jobs fall under the ACT-UAW contract, but leaving the
majority of graduate employees without representation. We view
this as an attempt to weaken the rights of everyone who teaches
and does research at NYU.
GSOC/UAW
and ACT-UAW believe that graduate employees deserve the right
to determine who represents them - not the NYU administration.
The majority of NYU graduate employees have consistently chosen
GSOC/UAW to represent them in collective bargaining. ACT-UAW respects
graduate employees' right to self-determination and their choice
to join together as graduate employees with common interests to
negotiate the best possible contract for ALL of the work graduate
employees perform.
ACT-UAW
stands in solidarity with GSOC/UAW for their right to collectively
bargain with NYU. ACT-UAW will NOT collect dues or fees at this
time from NYU graduate employees who have been unilaterally reclassified
by NYU as adjunct faculty.
We
are always stronger when we work together. If you are a graduate
employee, we urge you to join GSOC/UAW Local 2110! For more information,
call 212-529-2580 or email gsocuaw@gmail.com.
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On
Friday, June 19, the NYU administration formally announced its intention
to restructure graduate funding and employment arrangements by September
2009. In the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the new arrangement
no longer requires teaching as a condition of the McCracken fellowship.
Additionally, Sexton and the NYU administrators have implemented
similar restructuring models in other graduate programs including,
the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development.
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