UPDATES

There are three ways you can help our contract campaign right now: 1. RSVP for an escalation training on October 23, October 27, or November 1. 2. RSVP to observe bargaining on October 31st and November 14th. 3. Follow CFU on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter — then...

Watch BC member Jacob Remes (Gallatin) and observer Linell Ajello (FAS) discuss Friday’s bargaining session. The time is now: attend our next bargaining sessions! October 31, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (Friday) November 14, TBD (Friday) At our last bargaining season on Friday,...

Last February, we introduced a contract proposal on Intellectual Property Rights, in keeping with our initial bargaining goals, which include “full ownership of our intellectual property” as a core academic freedom protection. In March, the NYU administration informed...

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,...

Watch Eilsabeth Fay (FAS) and David Brooks (Gallatin) chat about Friday’s bargaining session. There’s been a palpable change in the bargaining room at 105 East 17th Street. Yes, it’s still stuffy and airless, and yes, it’s still packed with CFU members observing...

RSVP for our first fall semester bargaining session this Friday, September 12th Join our next bargaining session on Friday, September 12 from 1PM-4PM in person and on zoom. It’s been over a year and a half since we voted overwhelmingly to form our union. And across...

Watch Benedetta Piantella (Technology, Culture, and Society) and Matthew Rohrer (Creative Writing) describe Tuesday’s bargaining session. Our fifteenth session on Tuesday was one of our most active since negotiations began last November. The administration’s team...

RSVP for our next bargaining session on Aug 26th Our next bargaining session is on Tuesday, August 26 from 10AM-1PM in person and zoom. It’s been a year and a half since we voted overwhelmingly to form our union, but the NYU administration is dragging its feet. It has...

Watch Tom Hill (SPS) and Kathleen McDermott (Tandon) describe Thursday’s bargaining session. Contract faculty are half the full-time faculty at NYU — yet by our estimate we earn, on average, only 64 cents on the tenure-track dollar. At our last bargaining session, we...

I hope the summer has been nice to you and that you're holding up okay considering the world right now. This is a bit long, but please read. It's all super important. I’ve been helping to organize our union for years, and since November I’ve been to almost all the...