#SICKOUTNYU

NYU grads sicking out for: Universal extension! Security for international students! A living wage for summer! A just response to COVID for workers + students!

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

We are STRONGER together! Pledge here to support #SICKOUTNYU May 6, 7, 8 #NYUGRADS #higheredworksbecausewedo Have questions? Shoot us a DM or email us at [email protected] https://t.co/xIG1vcDyNy

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

Tell us about it! #NYU PhD students are paid 9/12 months and left to fend for themselves every. single. summer. And international students can't even work in the US. #livingwage #NYUCanAffordIt #PayUs

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

@AaupNyu: Is there the danger of #NYU making similar moves against faculty? Grads are ready to stand with you.

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

#NYU faculty colleagues: JOIN US and let's organize against the (further) neoliberalization & adjunctification of @nyuniversity. First they left grads and staff to face the pandemic alone, now they're coming for your salaries and retirement funds.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

It has started. "Duke to suspend University-paid retirement fund contributions, cut salaries for highly compensated employees".

https://t.co/o5d1SfDZSX

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

@nyuniversity @EmpireStateBldg Can #NYU grads who are struggling financially as a result of the lockdown and no summer income also get paid in Virtual Grad Alley? We accept #bitcoin

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

@norayeet @nyuniversity Congratulations from your TAs and grad student instructors! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

We want to amplify the struggles of our disabled grad colleagues. This pandemic amplifies already existing oppressions, including disability.

[Zara B @zaranosaur]

Our open letter is now at over 1500 signatures since 12 noon on 14 May 2020. Thank you so much to everyone who has read and signed and shared.

We've adjusted the set up to improve accessibility, and if anyone has any feedback, we'd love to hear it.

https://t.co/C5WN6zA0F5

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

@caromholland This. Thank you for the clarity. We aren't all "in this together" when #NYU admin earn $1-2mil/yr and grad students struggle to live on <$28k.

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

This thread is required reading for anyone who thinks PhD students are paid acceptably (we're looking at you, #NYU admins).

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

"Let me say this: We hear you. You are valid. You. Matter. Secondly, and no less importantly, let me make something clear: The. Endowment. Is. Not. For. You."
https://t.co/dDyaamH3tx

[UCSC4COLA @payusmoreucsc]

BREAKING: The UC Police tapped the California National Guard and California emergency services dept for help w/ a surveillance operation targeting UCSC grad student wildcat strike earlier this year. @VICE
#ucsurveillance #payusmoreuc #disciplineandpunish
https://t.co/ghA08xLpYn

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

@CarminRosado 💯✊🏽 solidarity from your grad colleagues at #NYU. We have so much respect for our Chicago cousins and the organizing y'all are doing, and for all the inspiring radical thought coming out of Northwestern.

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

Neither students nor faculty trust admin. Wonder why. 🤔

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

Each one teach one: we're grateful for these 9 lessons from our grad colleagues who organized the #UCSCStrike aka #COLAstrike. @SpreadtheStrike @payusmoreucsc https://t.co/NvvcTW9eZ1

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

It's called #meanstesting and it's an inherently oppressive tactic. It hurts first-gen students, women, and people of color the most. NO means testing ever! This is why we're pushing for a #universalextension!

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

There is a 3rd option. We don't have to stay in academia and accept our exploitation or leave (unless we're forced to): grad students, non-TT faculty, staff, and mid-admin need to come together to organize for a #justuniversity. We run #NYU!

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

@nyuniversity It's hard to believe that in just one week #NYU graduate student TAs will receive their last paycheck and begin a summer with no income and no way to earn one. Thanks @nyuniversity! It's nice to know you've got our back.

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

#NYU grads are learning this the hard way during the COVID-19 lockdown. Our employer is interested in protecting $1.9mil salaries for senior admin while grad workers face eviction in the summer. #fairweatherfriend

[inefficient rhubarb snackowski @snackowska]

your employer is not your friend. if your employer is a university, the university is not your friend.

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

#meanstesting is inherently classist, sexist, and racist.

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

Heads up, #NYU: We're pushing for a #UniversalExtension (with emphasis on the U N I V E R S A L). We wish the @UVA grads much success in their continued struggle. Don't settle for any less. ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿

[#SICKOUTNYU @sickoutnyu]

This Twitter account has mastered #NYU admin speak. Is NYU President Andy Hamilton secretly a Twitter bot? Like @herthemovie but he owns your labor, housing & healthcare (in addition to breaking your heart).

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

We aren't increasing your teaching load. We are asking that you teach half your students on one day and the other half on another day. We are also increasing the number of students in each half.