Critical Moment @ NYU ...

[Dave Monroe]

Please consider forwarding the following link to those
whom you may think would like to sign the petition
written by Judith Butler et al. to President Sexton in
support of NYU graduate student's right to organize
and in condemnation of the threats against striking
graduate workers. The following link contains the
petition, a list of signatories, and a mechanism for
signing on line:

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?tosexton&1

Other important documents that faculty may wish to
read for an understanding of the issues:

On Monday, November 28, John Sexton, President of NYU,
threatened to take way graduate student stipends for
up to two semesters if graduate students do not return
to work next Monday, December 5, an action that would
be illegal if the NLRA still applied to us. The letter
may be read at:

http://www.nyu.edu/provost/ga/communications-112805.html

For an analysis of debate of graduate student
unionizing, see Physics Professor Alan Sokal's letter
to other faculty:

http://www.facultydemocracy.org/somethoughts.html

For more information on NYU faculty democracy and
their position:

http://www.facultydemocracy.org

For other press coverage of the strike:

http://2110uaw.org/gsoc/press%20archive.htm 


		
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