UPDATES

Currently, NYU cuts our benefits without consulting us in advance, and in some cases, without informing us directly. Over the past five years, contract faculty have lost several valuable benefits like tuition remission and green card eligibility. During the pandemic,...

On Wednesday, faculty at the University of Pittsburgh voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the United Steelworkers, with 71% of voters casting ballots in favor of a union. The Pitt Faculty Union, which includes 3,355 full-time and part-time faculty across Pitt’s...

Contract faculty have a number of long-standing priorities concerning workload, salary compression, and job security-- among many others. The pandemic has only exacerbated these issues, and emphasized our exclusion from decision-making over our working conditions. We...

Our union is part of a broader movement to reclaim job security for contract faculty. This week, we write to share more information about how the union helps safeguard our jobs and ensures equitable compensation and benefits.   Currently, we are at-will employees on...

Our union is part of a broader movement to resist the increasing precarization of the university, restore security, and reclaim a stronger voice for faculty. This week, we write to share more information about the growing role of contract faculty in U.S. higher...

Congratulations! A majority of full-time continuing contract faculty at NYU have signed cards, demonstrating clear support for the protections of a strong union contract won through collective bargaining.  Our work doesn’t end here: we will continue to build support...

In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, which itself was only the latest in a long line of outrages and which has already been succeeded by new senseless killings, the organizing committee of Contract Faculty United, the union for full-time continuing...

NYU contract faculty join with instructors of all ranks and titles who have raised serious questions about NYU’s plan to resume in-person classes in Fall 2020. For many of us, returning to the classroom will mean facing unacceptable health risks and further complicate...

In the past week over 200 of our colleagues have signed our petition calling on the university to honor scheduled salary increases and give contract faculty the option of extending current appointments and contract renewal dates by one year. Through their organizing...

Please take moment to sign our petition calling on the university administration to agree to honor all scheduled salary increases, and give contract faculty the option of extending current appointments and contract renewal dates by one year. Click here to sign the...