BARGAINING UPDATES

Thanks to the bravery and steadfastness of you and all our colleagues, early Wednesday morning, we were able to extract from the NYU administration a historic first contract, with large raises, job security, and protections for academic freedom and shared governance....

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25, as we take our contract fight to Brooklyn. For the past two days our Brooklyn-based colleagues have been commuting to the Square to support our picket lines at Paulson. Tomorrow, Manhattan colleagues will return the favor, and...

Where we are now: We gave a full package of proposals to the NYU administration around 2pm on Monday, telling them that agreement would end our strike. Despite our significant movement and willingness to work towards agreement, we are still waiting for the response...

Despite bargaining throughout the weekend to reach a fair contract -- and even giving the administration a three-hour extension -- the NYU administration made an offer at 9:57. While these new proposals made some promising movement on some issues, they are not yet...

Sign up for a picket shift to reach a fair agreement! While we have made some progress this weekend in negotiations, it’s critical we continue to prepare for a strike tomorrow, March 23rd, in the event NYU does not reach a fair agreement. A majority of all contract...

On Saturday, a record 200 or more people observed as our elected bargaining committee continued to make progress to win a fair contract. They were backed by the knowledge that we stand behind them ready to strike if the administration doesn’t bargain in good faith and...

The two most important things you can do to support our union right now: Sign up for your picket shifts next week. Monday and Tuesday are especially important, and we need to know we can count on strong numbers. RSVP to observe tomorrow’s bargaining session [link...

We met with the NYU administration twice this week so far, with more to come on Friday. We are getting closer to meaningful presumption of reappointment, and we’ve seen encouraging movement on leaves, benefits, and retirement options. We’ve also made strategic...

On Friday afternoon, we met with the administration for five hours. We made some progress, but they remain dug in on several core issues, including compensation, workload, and shared governance. They also made no mention of the issues where they are refusing to...

As you may have seen, the NYU administration sent all contract faculty a “voluntary attestation form” this afternoon, asking us to indicate whether we plan to continue working in the event of a strike. There is no requirement to fill out this voluntary attestation...