Educating the NYU Administration

Last week, two dozen of us met with the NYU administration’s lawyers to discuss a fair process to verify that a majority of contract faculty support our union. We were eager to hear more about their proposal, but as the meeting went on, we found ourselves struggling...

Your Action is Bearing Fruit

Last week, you were visible with buttons and posters, you engaged your students, you turned out to picket Bobst, and you joined in with the rest of the New York City labor movement at the Triangle Fire Memorial. Most of all, you talked to your colleagues about why you...

Student-faculty solidarity begins in your classroom

Student-faculty solidarity begins in your classroom As members of NYU’s adjunct faculty, we were excited to learn that our contract faculty colleagues were unionizing. Last fall, our contract negotiations emphasized the importance of cultivating undergraduate...

Join our CFU Week of Action, Mon. 3/20 – Fri. 3/24

Join our CFU Week of Action, Mon. 3/20 – Fri. 3/24 When I tell my students how far I commute to teach, they say “NYU must be paying you crazy money for that!” No, kids, it’s the other way around. I live way, way out there because, over a decade of teaching...