UPDATES
CFU Bargaining Update, June 25
Watch Tandon’s Vikram Duvvuri and Nursing’s Richard Dorritie’s video about Wednesday’s bargaining session. On June 25, we held the 13th bargaining session with the NYU administration as we fight for the strong first contract we need and deserve. The main news is that...
Complete the Workload Survey & Save the Date for Summer Actions!
Click here to fill out our Workload Survey We know that addressing overwork is a major bargaining priority. As we prepare to bargain over workload later this summer, please take a moment to complete our survey and share your experience and insight. Your responses...
CFU Bargaining Update — May 28, 2025
We’ve all had this type of student: they may skim the reading and rush through the assignments, but they sure do enjoy talking in class. That’s what yesterday’s bargaining session — our twelfth since we started in November — felt like. RSVP to observe bargaining...
AI and the Attack on Universities
As the semester winds down, many of us are facing questions about generative AI, whether because we’re reading essays written by it, or news articles written about it. As we look forward to the next bargaining session on May 28, we’re still waiting for the...
CFU Bargaining Update – Session 11 (May 2, 2025)
Click here to watch Bargaining Committee member Elisabeth Fay and Organizing Committee member Mark Braley describe Friday’s bargaining session and what we need to do next. On Friday, we met with the administration’s bargaining team for three hours — our eleventh...
RSVP to attend our bargaining town hall this Tuesday, April 22, from 7-8 pm
At our second-to-last spring session, we made some progress on provisions that will increase transparency, improve job security and due process rights, protect our health and safety, and ensure that we’re able to service our contract effectively. However, the...
Bargaining update 10: When members turn out, lawyers perk up
RSVP to attend our bargaining town hall this Tuesday, April 22, from 7-8 pm. At our second-to-last spring session, we made some progress on provisions that will increase transparency, improve job security and due process rights, protect our health and safety, and...
Support our Contract Fight This Week!
Support Our Contract Fight This Week! Your support is crucial right now as we secure the contract we deserve. The administration must see our solidarity as the school year ends. Actions You Can Take This Week: Observe Bargaining on Friday, April 18, 11:00 am - 2:00...
CFU fights back
The news is coming fast and furious these days, and it’s hard to keep track of the mounting attacks on higher education, whether they’re coming from Washington or the 12th floor of Bobst. But it can also be tough to keep track of all the ways we have to fight back....
Some progress, some distance, one sticking point.
We began our ninth bargaining session with the NYU administration by passing them our petition with thirty pages of signatures. A majority of contract faculty in our bargaining unit are standing together for a contract that protects our academic freedom — and our...