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NYU administration goes to despicable lengths to stop a graduate student strike
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 20:54:29 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall () gmail com> Date: December 2, 2005 7:04:08 PM EST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, noise () sims berkeley eduSubject: NYU administration goes to despicable lengths to stop a graduate student strike
Reply-To: joehall () pobox com (From a very good blogger and professor, Kathleen Fitzpatrick) On Strike at NYU <http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/index.php?/weblog/on_strike_at_nyu/> "[NYU]'s administration, and particularly NYU President John Sexton, however, have retaliated against the [striking] grad students in a series of heavy-handed ways, including infiltrating the campus's Blackboard installation in order to find out which faculty members were supporting the strike. Now Sexton has sent the students an ultimatum: any students who remain on strike as of Monday will be denied next semester's assistantship, and any who return to strike next semester will be deprived of a full year's funding." More: NYU Strikers Vow to Stay Out <http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/powerplays/archives/002114.php> "The strikers, members of United Auto Workers Local 2110 (the same union that represents Voice employees), walked out after Sexton broke off bargaining for a new contract this summer, saying the university intended to take advantage of a new Bush administration decision that graduate student employees are not covered by federal labor laws. (See Voice, "The Nerds are Pissed," November 15)." -- Joseph Lorenzo Hall PhD Student UC Berkeley, School of Information (SIMS) <http://josephhall.org/> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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