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NYU graduate student strike enters second week as GSOC-UAW makes concessions
A strike by New York University graduate students for higher wages, tuition waivers and better health care and protection for immigrant and international students has now entered its second week with the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC), affiliated with the United Auto Workers, already abandoning key demands.
It is apparent that the NYU administration is pressing for a full capitulation by the GSOC-UAW.
Striking NYU graduate students (WSWS media)
The university administration is clearly waiting for the end of the semester, which will be over next week at NYU, in the confident expectation that the GSOC-UAW will sell out on all the major demands advanced by students.
Exploiting social and economic crisis, Amazon launches massive expansion in New York City
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April 12, 2021
The idea of helping fight food insecurity has been instilled in Leslie Gordon since she was a child.
“I was meant to be in food-banking,” she said. “My grandfather’s name was Norman Goldberg, and he used to tell us stories that sometimes when he was younger, the only thing he would have to eat in a day was an apple that he would pick from a neighboring farmer’s tree. So, he knew what it was to be hungry.”
Her grandfather grew up in Rockland, NY, and later in life was “lucky economically,” and quietly but intentionally, made sure that people had what they needed when it came to food.
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