{"id":1476,"date":"2025-05-02T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:45:04","slug":"students-and-faculty-join-citywide-may-day-rallies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/students-and-faculty-join-citywide-may-day-rallies\/","title":{"rendered":"Students and faculty join citywide May Day rallies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NYU students and faculty joined thousands at demonstrations across the city on Thursday in honor of International Workers\u2019 Day, calling for the university to meet bargaining demands of its RA and faculty unions and revise its safety protocols to address heightened concerns about the visa security of noncitizen students and faculty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt it was important to show up, especially since this May Day was very focused on immigrant rights,\u201d Ebtesham Ahmed, a representative from NYU\u2019s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, told WSN. \u201cIt\u2019s horrendous because this entire country has been built up by the exploitation of immigrant workers \u2014 we have to continue fighting for immigrants.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At the first demonstration, around two dozen members from NYU\u2019s contract faculty union, Young Democratic Socialists of America and SDS gathered in Garibaldi Plaza for a series of speeches linking NYU\u2019s worker unions to rights for international students. The group chanted \u201cICE off campus\u201d and \u201cNYU, shame on you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Speakers referenced a <\/span>section of NYU\u2019s contract<\/span><\/a> with its graduate student union, GSOC-UAW Local 2110, that affirms the university\u2019s responsibility to \u201cnot voluntarily\u201d disclose records that could endanger students\u2019 immigration status. GSOC members argued that while NYU has <\/span>reiterated its policy<\/span><\/a> to withhold individuals\u2019 information from immigration authorities unless it is legally required to share, a new approach is needed amid the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to change precedents in its crackdown on immigration.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re asking is to scrap the information,\u201d said Emily Gerace, a third-year Ph.D. candidate and GSOC member. \u201cThem refusing to do that is akin to a voluntary action of giving that information up. They\u2019re choosing to have it sitting there ready, so that when they come with a subpoena, it\u2019s ready to go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At 3 p.m., over 20 members of Contract Faculty United and Student Workers at NYU rallied outside the Paulson Center, demanding university administrators to promptly respond to the proposals of its unionized faculty and staff. Protesters held signs that read \u201cCONTRACT NOW!\u201d and \u201cNYU IS A UNION CAMPUS!\u201d and chanted, \u201cWe got the power.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a series of speeches, CFU members demanded the university <\/span>bolster its protections for international faculty<\/span><\/a> \u2014 a proposal the union <\/span>has been pushing for<\/span><\/a> since January. RAs who are part of SWAN said that during the last four bargaining sessions, they demanded additional compensation based on the respective workloads of different residential halls besides free housing and meal swipes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not gotten much of a response from the university,\u201d Ian Askie, a Paulson Center RA and member of SWAN, told WSN. \u201cI am here standing on everything that we have stood on before and we\u2019re ready to continue to bargain in good faith for a contract.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Several other demonstrations across New York City culminated in a citywide march at around 5:00 p.m. to Foley Square, where more than 6,000 people rallied outside the Supreme Courthouse. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez commenced the speeches, denouncing Trump\u2019s attack on Medicaid and other healthcare programs. Veronica Salama, the New York Civil Liberties Union staff attorney who is part of the legal team representing Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, also condemned Trump for separating Khalil from his family and said Khalil\u2019s arrest violated the first amendment in a speech at the rally.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The crowd then marched up Worth Street and down Broadway, ending at the Charging Bull, which was barricaded by police along with the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange. Protesters held signs that read \u201cSEND THE BILLIONAIRES TO MARS\u201d and \u201cHANDS OFF ALL WORKERS\u201d and chanted phrases such as \u201cWho\u2019s streets, our streets\u201d and \u201cThey say cut back, we say fight back,\u201d while also playing drums and music.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe attack on one of us is an attack on all,\u201d Freedom Socialist Party member Louis Tejada told WSN. \u201cOne hundred days of the Trump administration we have seen attacks on student activists, families, immigrants and social services, and we need to stand up and create offenses to stop the rise of the far right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Members of SDS, YDSA and several identity-based affinity groups addressed the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on immigration also organized a commemoration at around 8 p.m. for immigrants and international students who have been deported, detained or disappeared. The gathering was held on the steps near Garibaldi Plaza with images of people who had been deported alongside a list of their names. Some of the signs read \u201cMELT ICE\u201d and \u201cHands off our students\u201d with candles and flowers placed in front of the signs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThey\u2019re not ambiguous, but they are, in fact, actual people, like families, friends, loved ones,\u201d one of the speakers, who requested anonymity, said. \u201cPeople need a site to express grief, hope, fear and anxiety, since you don\u2019t have a lot of those spaces here \u2014 it\u2019s important to have that kind of area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dharma Niles contributed reporting<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Amanda Chen and Amelia Hernandez Gioia at news@nyunews.com.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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