Strike: Undergraduates and Parents

Faculty members are aware that their teaching assistants may be on strike.  If you need support for your coursework, we encourage you to see your instructor.  Dartmouth also has an array of other resources to assist you.  Please see this list of offices or talk to your undergraduate dean if you are encountering any problems.

Very few classes have a graduate student as the instructor of record. As a result, it is unlikely that undergraduate lecture classes will stop due to the GOLD-UE strike. Many labs or recitation sections would be affected, and your professors and lab managers will let you know what to do.

Yes, attendance is required during a strike to the same degree it was required before the strike.

Non-union employees have the right to refuse to cross a picket line. If you are being paid to work in a lab, and do not fulfill your duties, you will not be paid. If you are doing unpaid undergraduate research and do not come to the lab, your grade might be affected.

The graduate students have the right to strike and to picket or demonstrate peacefully. These activities are lawful, and Dartmouth will not retaliate against any student engaging in lawful strike activity.

Dartmouth is actively engaged in contract negotiations with the graduate students, and our students' decisions to attend or not attend class will have no impact on those negotiations.

Students have the right to continue their education during this time. While the students have the right to strike, the University has the right to maintain teaching and learning activities during the strike period. You, as a student, remain responsible for your academic progress, and failing to attend class can have repercussions.

Parents should feel free to contact the University provost at Office.of.the.Provost@dartmouth.edu