By Doug Cunningham

NYU grad students plan to be on the picket lines today instead of in the classrooms. They're striking to get NYU to recognize their union and bargain for a second contract. Thanks to a Bush NLRB ruling NYU no longer has to recognize UAW Local 2110. Steve Fletcher is on the organizing committee for the grad student teaching assistants. They won a first contract that ended this summer and they're convinced they can win a second contract.

[Steve Fletcher] : "Right now people are very energized. We're seeing a lot of solidarity from other unions, we're seeing a lot of solidarity from politicians. A lot of people at city council have been very supportive. We believe that we can both create a substantial enough disruption on our own and also mobilize community forces that I think are important to NYU in other ways. And yeah, I believe we can win."