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    Graduate students at NYU will participate in a sick-out from May 6-8 by collectively taking sick days to protest NYU's lack of response to their demands. As union members, graduate students are entitled to 3 sick days per year without needing a doctor's note. The sick-out aims to pressure NYU to immediately provide summer funding, fellowship extensions, and support for international students during the pandemic. While there are risks of intimidation by supervisors if the sick-out is not union-sanctioned, organizers believe collective action by the entire graduate student community will prevent retaliation by NYU.

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    Graduate students at NYU will participate in a sick-out from May 6-8 by collectively taking sick days to protest NYU's lack of response to their demands. As union members, graduate students are entitled to 3 sick days per year without needing a doctor's note. The sick-out aims to pressure NYU to immediately provide summer funding, fellowship extensions, and support for international students during the pandemic. While there are risks of intimidation by supervisors if the sick-out is not union-sanctioned, organizers believe collective action by the entire graduate student community will prevent retaliation by NYU.

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    Wed May 6, Thurs May 7, Fri May 8: What?

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    Graduate students at NYU will participate in a sick-out from May 6-8 by collectively taking sick days to protest NYU's lack of response to their demands. As union members, graduate students are entitled to 3 sick days per year without needing a doctor's note. The sick-out aims to pressure NYU to immediately provide summer funding, fellowship extensions, and support for international students during the pandemic. While there are risks of intimidation by supervisors if the sick-out is not union-sanctioned, organizers believe collective action by the entire graduate student community will prevent retaliation by NYU.

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    WED MAY 6, THURS MAY 7, FRI MAY 8

    WHAT? A sick-out is when workers collectively take sick days to make demands heard. You are
    entitled to 3 sick days per academic year as a RIGHT under our union’s contract with NYU.
    You don’t need a doctor's note.
    We, NYU grad students and TAs, will collectively take sick days from May 6-8 to make NYU act!

    WHY? NYU has not responded to a single demand of graduate students. NYU has put its budget
    ahead of people. Our lives can’t wait until the next fiscal quarter! We need summer
    funding NOW, fellowship extensions NOW, support for international students NOW. By
    withholding our labor to send a message, we make NYU better; by responding to
    COVID with austerity, NYU makes us SICK.

    WHO? All NYU graduate students!


    TAKE THE PLEDGE NOW: https://tinyurl.com/SickOutNYUPledge

    HOW? Notify faculty & students that you won't be able to work because you're SICK.
    No recitations! No office hours! No work emails! No classes!
    There are sample emails and different ways of participating.

    ISN’T THIS RISKY? In a GSOC job, you're entitled to 3


    sick days without documentation. Just inform your
    supervisor in advance. BUT this is not a
    union-sanctioned activity. Individuals are not
    completely protected, and some bosses might try to
    intimidate. It would be SICK for NYU to take action
    against graduate students fighting for survival in the
    midst of a pandemic.

    COLLECTIVE ACTION IS KEY! Our numbers


    and support for each other are the most important
    factors in making this action a success and in protecting
    the most vulnerable among us. NYU can’t retaliate
    against its entire community! WE ARE NYU!
    Talk to fellow grads. Get EVERYONE involved!

    NYU MUST MEET OUR DEMANDS BY MAY 5!


    https://tinyurl.com/SickOutNYUDemands

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