NYU professors authorized a strike authorization vote on Monday as talks with school administrators over contracts stalled.
after its union said on Monday it would soon open a strike authorization vote after contract talks with school leadership stalled. Contract Faculty United-UAW said it would open the strike voting on Feb.
9, with balloting continuing through Feb. 20. The union represents close to 950 full-time professors on track for tenure and librarians across 12 New York University schools, accounting for roughly half of the higher-education facility’s full-time faculty.The announcement to authorize a vote came just days after the union’s 23rd bargaining session with the school’s administration on Jan. 30. Benedetta Piantella, an industry associate professor in the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, is a member of the union’s bargaining committee. She said school leadership has been “claiming recently that it is eager” to come to an agreement with the union. “Going into Friday’s session, we were hopeful that the administration would make real progress on compensation and retirement, agree to protect and defend our non-citizen colleagues, and guarantee that faculty will retain a shared role in academic decision making at the university, especially in appointment, reappointment, and promotion decisions,” Piantell said. “Unfortunately, we were wrong.” This is the first contract the professors would have since they unionized in Feb. 2024. CFU-UAW and management have held 23 bargaining sessions so far. Bargaining committee members have said that the union’s wages lag far behind those of its tenured colleagues. They are asking for a fairer compensation structure that addresses salary compression and corrects inequities to match the city’s cost of living. Professors in universities across the nation have described higher education as being under attack in terms of academic freedom, having the liberty to express ideas without interference. “With higher education under attack, we have repeatedly offered the administration opportunities to show they understand the stakes of this moment and that they stand on the side of academic freedom and free speech,” Elisabeth Fay, a clinical associate professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science said. The union does not want the school administration to significantly curtail the faculty’s participation in academic decision-making. “Our students need to know that their education is in the hands of faculty experts, not over-reaching administrators, donors, or politicians,” Fay said. amNewYork contacted NYU administration to inquire about its response to the union’s demands and ask if there are preparations in the event of a strike; the newspaper is awaiting a response. Meanwhile, the UAW constitution requires that strike authorization votes be passed by a two-thirds majority. If the measure passes, the bargaining committee will be authorized to set a strike deadline and, if necessary, call a strike, committee members explained to amNewYork. The union said it would set up a strike deadline after a vote, aimed at giving the administration time to respond.Barbara Russo-Lennon is the transit reporter at amNewYork. She covers news about NYC’s public transportation system, roads, waterways and other topics related to transit in the Big Apple.Barnes & Noble workers put it in the books with new union contracts for NYC locations in historic deal Layoffs avoided at the Brooklyn Museum, unions say, workers to be offered ‘voluntary separation package’NYCFC’s new stadium to host soccer matches for 2028 Summer Olympics
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