Happy Labor Day! I’ve been involved in organizing our union for many years, and I have never felt more optimistic about what we can win. This time last year, the NYU administration was ignoring our majority support. Now, they’ve agreed that we have the right to a...

Contract Faculty United-UAW is one of many NYU campus unions gearing up for a hot fall semester. NYU Researchers United-UAW recently announced that a majority of postdoctoral, graduate, and staff researchers have signed up in support of forming their union. Together,...

Last week, contract faculty from across NYU met with the administration, as we continue to seek an agreement on our appropriate bargaining unit, and on a fair election process.  While we’ve made progress since demonstrating majority support last spring, the...

Last week, contract faculty from across NYU met with the administration, as we continue to seek an agreement on our appropriate bargaining unit, and on a fair election process. While we’ve made progress since demonstrating majority support last spring, the...

As we continue working on a potential agreement with the NYU administration for a fair election process, we want to reiterate support for our already unionized adjunct colleagues.  In recent weeks, the administration has continued to try to exclude many contract...

In the last few months our union has made great progress toward winning recognition from the NYU administration thanks to the active, vocal participation of a growing number of contract faculty across campus. As we near our goal, and in order to win our union,  it’s...

As we close the book on spring semester 2023, we’ve made meaningful progress towards winning our union. Because of our increased pressure this semester, the NYU administration has agreed to enter a voluntary process so that we can verify our majority support through a...

What a semester it’s been! We’ve made sure the whole university community knows we want a union, and that we demand a fair election process to verify our majority support. Our pressure campaign brought the NYU administration to the table, and our continued action has...

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...

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...