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BACK="#ffffff"><BR>DEFEND THE GSOC SIX<BR><BR>As of January 26th, six teaching
assistants at New York University and members of Graduate Student Organizing
Committee(GSOC)/United Auto Workers local 2110 have been fired for participating
in an ongoing strike for union recognition. These members have been told
by the NYU administration that they are being blocked from teaching
assistantships and will no longer receive stipends—the equivalent of pay for
graduate assistants— for two semesters. This punishment is being doled out
on workers who have refused to work without the democratic right of union
representation—representation that in the past has won graduate assistants at
NYU a 38% increase in stipends over 4 years, employer-paid health insurance, and
a fair system by which to file working grievances with the
university. In particular, these targeted workers were teaching
stand-alone courses (courses without faculty instruction) that were unrelated to
the workers' academic studies. <BR><BR>NYU wants to crush the union
in any way possible—but by firing these workers they bring to the forefront
everything that is wrong with a university that has proudly implemented a
corporate model. Let's not let NYU get away with this. Please
take a moment to call and/or e-mail the NYU administration and demand they
reinstate these workers' stipends and eligibility to teach.
<BR><BR><BR>John Sexton – President of NYU<BR>(212)
998-2345<BR>john.sexton@nyu.edu<BR><BR>David McLaughlin – Provost of
NYU<BR>(212) 998-2415<BR>david.mclaughlin@nyu.edu<BR><BR><BR>Donations to GSOC's
hardship fund can be made on-line at:<BR><A
href="http://www.2110uaw.org/gsoc/donate.htm">http://www.2110uaw.org/gsoc/donate.htm</A><BR><BR>Article
about the stipend cut from Washington Square News, NYU's student
newspaper:<BR><A
href="http://www.nyunews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/25/43d75cb98ac2a">http://www.nyunews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/25/43d75cb98ac2a</A> <A
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