Graduate teachers at Yale voted last night (OR Wed. night) to go on strike for one week starting next Monday. In a joint action, Columbia University graduate teachers will be striking as well. Melinda Tuhus reports from New Haven.

[Tuhus start]: Of the 500 graduate students teaching this semester in the humanities and social sciences, 300 are members of GESO. After the strike vote last night, which was 82 percent in favor, some members practiced for next week's picket lines:

Cut :12 (chant -- what do we want, contract! when do we want it, now!)

The union is seeking health care for members' families and affordable
childcare, pay equity across academic disciplines and an impartial grievance procedure.

Striking GESO members and their supporters will be hopping on buses next Wednesday, to join striking graduate teachers at Columbia University for a march down Broadway to push both groups' demands. This is the first multi-campus strike in the Ivy League's history.

For WIN, I'm Melinda Tuhus in New Haven