Good news: just like last year, we’ve reached agreement with the NYU administration on the 2026 Annual Merit Increase (AMI) pool for contract faculty. We can confirm that our AMI pool will be at parity with tenured faculty and administered according to the same guidelines.
You can review the AMI guidelines on NYU’s website, and CFU-UAW’s memorandum of agreement for the 2026 AMI pool on our union website. We’re pleased that both parties were able to quickly agree to extend this longstanding practice, consistent with the terms laid out in our neutrality agreement.
However, we on the Bargaining Committee also know that the Annual “Merit” Increase is — and always has been — a flawed and inadequate mechanism to address the many serious problems with contract faculty compensation. Unfortunately, until we ratify a collective bargaining agreement with more favorable terms, we’re stuck with the AMI.
Over the past year, we’ve learned that the NYU administration is most responsive to our proposals when we’re able to demonstrate that large numbers of contract faculty are sincerely invested in improving the status quo. If you’re frustrated with the current system, help show the administration that a majority of contract faculty want to change it by signing up to observe an upcoming bargaining session.
RSVP to Observe Bargaining: Thursday, August 7 and Tuesday, August 26
We have two dates remaining this summer, and the next one — Thursday, August 7 from 10 am – 1pm — will be especially exciting and important. Hope to see you there!
In solidarity,
CFU-UAW Bargaining Committee
Richard Dorritie (Rory Meyers College of Nursing)
Elisabeth Fay (Expository Writing Program, Arts & Science)
Robin Harvey (Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt)
Thomas Hill (Center for Global Affairs, SPS)
Peter Li (General Engineering, Tandon)
Benedetta Piantella (Technology, Culture, and Society, Tandon)
Jacob Remes (Gallatin School of Individualized Study)
Chris Chan Roberson (Undergraduate Film & TV, Tisch)
Jamie Root (French Literature, Thought and Culture, Arts & Science)
Fanny Shum (Mathematics, Courant Institute)
Heidi White (Liberal Studies)