New York University issued an ultimatum yesterday to its striking graduate student teaching and research assistants: They must return to classes and other assignments next week or lose their financial stipends and their eligibility to teach next semester. Graduate students who lose their stipends of at least $19,000 a year will be eligible for loans if needed and will continue to receive free tuition and health benefits.
See "N.Y.U. Sets Deadline for Return of Strikers", Karen W. Arenson, The New York Times, November 28, 2005