RSVP for CFU-UAW Strong Contract Rally on Tuesday, 9/30 at 1pm
In February 2024, contract faculty across NYU voted by an overwhelming 89% to form a union. Since our election, a majority of faculty participated in ratifying our initial bargaining goals by a 99% vote, signed a petition urging the administration to agree to real academic freedom. Hundreds of colleagues – over 450 of us – from every school have joined bargaining sessions as observers. .
Despite all this, after more than a year and a half, the NYU administration is refusing to agree to improved job security and the academic freedom that goes with it; fair and equitable compensation; protections for our privacy, against the misuse of AI, and of our intellectual property; guaranteed shared governance; and expanded benefits that support the critical work contract faculty do at NYU. Faculty have met with local elected officials and leafleted students and NYU colleagues to discuss the importance of our first contract with the larger community – given the unprecedented attacks on higher education, these issues are more critical than ever.
Join colleagues and supporters across the NYU community on Tuesday, September 30 at 1pm to tell the NYU administration to recognize our immense contribution through teaching, research, and service and agree to a contract that reflects the value of our work. Click here to let us know if you can make it.
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In solidarity,
Christy Spalink, Rory Meyers College of Nursing
On behalf of Contract Faculty United – UAW Organizing Committee