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Andy asked for an extension on doing the right thing On February 22nd, we gave Andrew Hamilton a clear deadline to do the right thing. We told the NYU administration that we expected a response to our petition within seven days. Six days later, they reached out — to...

Unions beyond NYU have our backs! On Wednesday, February 22, we put Andrew Hamilton and the NYU administration in the spotlight with our petition, signed by a majority of us - over 500 contract faculty from around the university - calling on them to do the right thing...

The view from Brooklyn: Why we’re coming together to build our faculty union All across NYU, contract faculty are coming together to tell the administration that we need a union.  Coming together is a key phrase. A union is how we come together with our colleagues,...

We told Andy Hamilton we need a union, and we’ll be waiting for his reply on March 1! For six years, NYU contract faculty have been talking to each other about why we need a union. We’ve been comparing notes, signing cards, and building power in our schools and...

Without A Union Contract, NYU Contract Faculty Lag Behind Peers Across the city, thousands of faculty have come together this academic year to leverage their collective power and secure their jobs. Non-tenure-track faculty have seen big victories at Barnard, the New...

It is never more clear than as the semester ends and we work to bring our classes to a close: our work makes the university work. This time of year, we feel all the more keenly our need for a union. If you haven’t already, take a moment to add your name to our...

As you may have already seen, there will be no adjunct strike. At 3:30 am Tuesday morning, three and a half hours after their contract expired, our adjunct colleagues wrested a tentative agreement from the NYU administration. As with any contract we will eventually...

Happy Labor Day! In a week when we celebrate the labor movement’s contributions — the weekend, the 40-hour work week, health and safety regulations — we’re also excited to be growing and strengthening our own union. We are proud to join our labor siblings in a...

Our adjunct colleagues have been bargaining with the NYU administration since last April. Negotiations come on the heels of a pandemic which has disproportionately burdened part-time faculty, who were not compensated for remote course preparation and were excluded...

On Monday, NYU announced new salary floors for Clinical and Clinical Associate Professors in the Faculty of Arts and Science, just a few days after Barnard Contingent Faculty-UAW announced a tentative collective bargaining agreement. Under the new agreement, all...