Word: picketer
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Graduate students at New York University (NYU) set up picket lines yesterday and officially began striking to force the administration to negotiate a new contract...
...Picket lines were established in front of Bobst Library near Washington Square. About 500 graduate students, undergraduates, and faculty were on hand to show their support, according to Rosenstein...
...community for the union and for the original contract, which won a 38 percent stipend increase and health care benefits for graduate students.Valentine said that over 250 faculty members have already contacted GSOC for assistance in moving their classes off campus to avoid crossing the union’s picket lines.In his statement, Beckman said that the university will try to minimize the disruption from the strike.“Our classes and activities will go forward,” he said. Union officials said the university administration could avert the strike by coming to the bargaining table...
...husband, a four-year period of needles and frozen sperm, a lower chance you’ll be able to chase your grandchildren around the yard, and much lower chance you’ll be alive to attend their graduations. Do I see the paint peeling on this white picket fence dream...
White and black South Africans united last week - on the picket lines. Gold miners in the world's biggest bullion producer went on a four-day strike demanding higher wages and better living conditions. The stoppage, the first industry-wide action for almost two decades, ended after employers agreed to a 6-7% pay increase. But low pay is not the only issue. Many mineworkers still live in single-sex hostels, symbols of exploitation under the old apartheid regime. The gold-mining companies point out that they have improved accommodation considerably; still, "the problem is to rebuild an entire housing...