“Right now, what the university is doing is trying to throw professors in the middle of the debate,” she said. “I think it’s the administration’s actions right now that are endangering faculty-student relationships.”

Rosenberg said she planned to respect picket lines—even “theoretical” picket lines in front of university buildings not surrounded by picketers.

“I’m not going to two of my five classes this week because my professors have chosen to keep my classes in buildings that are being stricken,” Rosenberg said. “Even if there aren’t picket lines, I feel committed to not entering spaces that are being struck.”

Residential dining halls remained closed yesterday as students had to find food off-campus. While some made use of their $90 rebate checks—provided by the university so students on the university’s meal plan could purchase their own food—others said they would try to keep the money.

“Most people…are going to try to live frugally,” said first-year Scott Peachman.

By The Numbers

Yale officials and union leaders agreed that thousands of workers were out on strike.

According to Smith, about 1,700 of Local 34’s 2,800 members—mostly clerical and technical workers—were on strike.

But University spokesperson Conroy said that only around half of Local 34’s workers failed to show up to work on Monday. He said he expected similar attendance yesterday.

Neither GESO nor Conroy had numbers for GESO strike participation.

Conroy said it would be hard to estimate GESO participation because many teaching assistants in GESO do not have sections until later in the week.

According to Conroy, the many members of Local 34 who went to work helped minimize the disruption.

“We’re very pleased with that because it helped keep operations normal, and it showed that half of them would have preferred their union not to call a strike and continue to negotiate,” he said. “So it’s heartening.”

But Smith said the Local 34’s numbers were right, making it their largest strike ever.

“We actually count,” she said. “We’re very confident in our numbers.”