Nominations are hereby declared open for the CFU-UAW Bargaining Committee at 5:00 PM on Monday, April 8, 2024. Nominations will remain open until 5:00 PM on Monday, April 15, 2024. 

The CFU-UAW Bargaining Committee (BC) will negotiate the first union contract with New York University on behalf of all bargaining unit employees. All eligible unit members who have signed a CFU-UAW union authorization card are automatically nominated for the CFU-UAW Bargaining Committee. You may accept nomination for the BC if you are a CFU-UAW employee and have demonstrated support for the Union by signing a union authorization card (sign here). 

The primary responsibility of the Bargaining Committee is to negotiate an initial collective bargaining agreement with the NYU administration’s team. Election to the committee obligates each member to represent and fight for the best possible contract for all members of the bargaining unit.

The committee will be trained and assisted by experienced negotiators from the UAW who will also participate in the negotiations with the University. See below for specific responsibilities:

• Develop initial bargaining goals for ratification by union supporters across campus, using surveys, other relevant contracts, membership feedback from other sources, etc.
• After ratification of initial bargaining goals, develop contract language proposals 
• Attend negotiation sessions 
• Assess, analyze, and respond to the University’s bargaining proposals and develop union counter proposals.
• Keep the membership informed and educated about the negotiations and the process.
• Coordinate with the Organizing Committee
• Make a recommendation to the membership on whether to approve a contract or take other actions (e.g., a vote to authorize the committee to call for strike action, if necessary).

Committee members should assume that the time commitment will be significant. Note that the schedule of bargaining itself is subject to negotiation with the NYU  administration’s bargaining team.

The bargaining committee positions are allocated in the following way:

• Eleven [11] At-Large Positions

Any eligible Union supporter who wishes to accept the nomination for one of the eleven [11] Bargaining Committee positions must indicate their intention in writing by emailing cfu.uaw@gmail.com. When accepting nomination please include:

1. Your name as you’d like it to appear on the ballot
2. Contact information: department, phone number, and non-NYU email address
3. Candidate statement (up to 500 words, optional) – In the case of a contested election, the statement will be posted on the website no later than April 18, 2024 and will be available on the online ballot during the election.

Candidate Statements

Each candidate may write and submit a candidate statement of no more than 500 words. These statements will be posted on the CFU-UAW website. Statements may include hyperlinks. Name, title, phone number, and email address must be included, but will not be counted toward the 500 words.

It is the responsibility of the candidate to submit the candidate statement. All candidate statements must be received by the time nominations close, at 5pm on Monday, April 15, 2024.

Election Dates

In the event that the number of eligible candidates who accept nomination does not exceed the number of open positions (eleven [11] positions), such candidates will be deemed elected by acclamation and no election will be held.

In the event that the number of eligible candidates who accept nominations exceeds the number of open positions (eleven [11] positions), elections will open at 8 AM on May 3, 2024 and close at 5 PM on May 6, 2024. The election will be via electronic voting. Step-by-step instructions will be provided at the close of nominations.

Eligibility Description (per the election agreement):

INCLUDED: full-time continuing contract faculty employed by New York University.

EXCLUDED FROM THE BARGAINING UNIT:

1. All faculty in the School of Medicine (Grossman School of Medicine & Grossman Long Island School of Medicine), School of Law, College of Dentistry, and Stern School of Business; all tenured and tenure-track faculty; visiting faculty (all ranks), instructors, assistant professors/Courant instructors, assistant professors/faculty fellows, assistant professors/emerging scholars, assistant curators/faculty fellows, acting assistant professors, global professors, global distinguished professors, global instructors, global visiting professors, writers in residence, distinguished writers in residence, artists in residence, distinguished artists in residence, scientists in residence, distinguished scientists in residence, journalists in residence, distinguished journalists in residence, and library associates; faculty who are not full-time continuing contract faculty and hold the title of faculty fellows; all employees appointed as part-time or adjunct faculty; all emeritus faculty; all faculty employed by NYU global sites; all professional research staff; all post-docs;
2. All ranks of provosts, chancellors, and deans; all full chairs and heads of academic departments, divisions, or programs; Executive Directors; Director, Marron Institute; directors of global academic centers; Director, Center for Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement (Faculty of Arts and Science); Director, International Relations (Faculty of Arts and Science); Director, Museum Studies (Faculty of Arts and Science); Director, Hellenic Studies (Faculty of Arts and Science); Director, Global and Environmental Public Health Program (School of Global Public Health); Director, Public Health Nutrition Program (School of Global Public Health); and any other directors of degree-granting academic programs in Faculty of Arts and Science and School of Global Public Health who do not report to a Chair and whose programs employ full-time continuing contract faculty;
3. Any full-time continuing contract faculty who holds one or more of the following administrative positions: vice/associate/assistant chair; directors of institutes (other than Marron Institute) and cultural houses; directors of degree-granting academic programs (outside of those listed in (2) above); directors of studios in the Tisch School of the Arts; directors of undergraduate studies and graduate studies (except for Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences directors of undergraduate studies and graduate studies); Academic Directors in the School of Professional Studies and the Center for Urban Science and Progress; Coordinator of the Westchester and Rockland Campuses at the Silver School of Social Work; and all faculty with administrative titles in the Division of Libraries (hereinafter, Specified Administrative Positions), and who meet one of the following criteria: (a) receives course release from one or more of the Specified Administrative Positions that reduces the faculty member’s standard course load for the academic year by 50% or more; or (b) receives administrative compensation from one or more of the Specified Administrative Positions that equals at least 50% or more of the faculty member’s base salary; or (c) receives a combination of course release, and the monetary equivalent of a course release through administrative compensation, from one or more of the Specified Administrative Positions, that is equivalent to 50% or more of the faculty member’s standard course load for the academic year. (The monetary equivalent of a course release through administrative compensation would be calculated at the school’s established course buyout rate, or if no such established rate exists, then equal to 17% of the faculty member’s base salary).