Hi: some of you were kind enough to support the NYU Graduate Student 

Union (GSOC) in their strike. I have been asked to forward this 

message to you in support of their new organizing effort that stands 

some chance of success if things go the way they should in November:



This email is on behalf of GSOC, the NYU graduate student 

union.  We're writing to ask that you sign and 

circulate the "Petition in Support of the Teaching and Research 

Assistants Collective Bargaining Rights Act," available 

at <http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/TA_rights/>http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/TA_rights/. 







The petition urges members of Congress to co-sponsor and support the 

Teaching and Research Assistants Collective Bargaining Rights Act, 

which secures the right to form unions for TA's and RA's at private 

sector universities and colleges like NYU. 







Because the Act is federal legislation, ANYONE can sign the petition, 

so please circulate widely.  You do not have to be registered to vote 

or a citizen of the US to sign - if you live in the US then you have 

an interest in what Congress decides is law.  



The Teaching and Research Assistants Collective Bargaining Rights Act 

currently enjoys the support of many powerful legislators, including 

Senator Ted Kennedy, Democratic Presidential nominee BarackObama, and 

Senator Hillary Clinton. 







International opinion is also on our side.  This summer, 

the International Labor Organization, an agency of the United 

Nations, reaffirmed TA's and RA's internationally recognized right to 

form unions. 

(<http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/pdconv.pl?host=status01&textbase=iloeng&document=4817&chapter=3&query=%28%28United+States%29%29+@ref&highlight=&querytype=bool&context=0>Click 

here for more information.) 







To get this legislation passed, we need to do all we can to show 

Congress that people care about this issue and actively urge our 

Senators and Representatives to co-sponsor and support the Teaching 

and Research Assistants Collective Bargaining Rights Act.







To help make sure that the Teaching and Research Assistants 

Collective Bargaining Rights Act passes in Congress and becomes 

federal law, please:



Sign and Circulate the Online Petition!  Go 

to: <http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/TA_rights/>http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/TA_rights/.  



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