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December 9, 2022

New School Students Occupy University in Solidarity with Striking Faculty 
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Here in New York, dozens of students at The New School have announced an
indefinite occupation of one of the university's buildings in solidarity
with some 1,500 part-time faculty members who've been on strike since
mid-November. They're demanding the university provide affordable and
reliable health insurance; higher wages to match skyrocketing inflation;
job security; and protections against discrimination and harassment.
This week The New School said it had stopped paying wages and healthcare
premiums to the part-time staff on the picket line - prompting outrage
from the strikers.

Christen Clifford: "Hi, my name is Christen Clifford, and I am a member
of the part-time faculty at The New School, and we are currently on
strike. And yesterday the management of The New School said they were
going to take away our healthcare. I am currently at the cancer center
waiting for a biopsy. Please, please, please, give us our healthcare.
Please, give us a fair contract."

Striking workers received a new offer from New School management
Thursday; they will remain on strike as they review the offer.


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