UPDATES

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...

On Wednesday, our lawyer officially filed for arbitration over the NYU administration’s repeated law breaking — its refusal to bargain in good faith over housing and retiree medical benefits, the multiple ways in which it has impermissibly changed our working...

Last week, contract faculty across the university sent an unambiguous message to the NYU administration: with a turnout of 75%, 90% of us voted to authorize a strike. Tonight, we made it even clearer: unless the administration starts negotiating with us fairly and...

This is Maria Rosa Brea, a Clinical Professor in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, and one of the many contract faculty organizing for a strong first contract. On Friday we announced that we had voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. With...

Heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in our Strike Authorization Vote, which ended at 9:00 pm on Friday, February 20. Contract faculty voted by 90% to authorize our elected Bargaining Committee to call a strike if circumstances justify. Total ballots cast:...

Strike authorization vote continues  Yesterday morning we began our vote to authorize our bargaining committee to set a strike deadline and, if necessary, to call a strike. In the first day, hundreds of us voted. Have you? If you didn’t receive an email from Election...

On Monday, we announced a strike authorization vote starting on February 9. Yesterday, President Linda Mills and Provost Gigi Dopico sent an email to all NYU employees that contained a number of mischaracterizations about our contract negotiations. As we prepare to...