As noted elsewhere in this guidance, in order to avoid any suggestion of coercion, supervisors should not ask student workers about their strike plans in advance of the start of a strike. However, once a strike has commenced, it will be essential to know whether your instructional staff are teaching or grading student work. Here are several suggested approaches:

• When a strike has commenced, you could send an email to all instructional staff in your course, asking them to let you know if they will be covering their sections and grading during the strike. However, the three guidelines noted above as to how those questions should be framed must be followed, whether the questioning is face to face or through email.
   
• If you have just one TF, TA, or CA, you can ask them directly if they will be working during the strike, again following the guidelines above.
   
• Have someone check the rooms where the class is held • Ask the students enrolled in the course if their class was held