Around 1,000 full-time non-tenure-track faculty at NYU are ready to strike over compensation, job security and other issues.
A spokesperson for NYU said the school has made multiple offers that would put union members in an advantageous position.faculty and supporters are prepared and ready to picket starting March 23 at 9 a.
m., outside the school’s John A. Paulson Building in Greenwich Village if a fair contract isContract Faculty United – UAW , the union representing the educators, said members’ demands are over compensation, job security, academic freedom, AI and workload. Elisabeth Fay, a member of the bargaining committee, said the administration is refusing to discuss salary compression, a term used when there is little difference in pay between employees with different skill sets or levels of experience. Workload, job security, and housing and retiree medical benefits are among other sticking points in the negotiations. NYU administration said on Friday that the school presented the union with a “comprehensive contract proposal,” offering significant raises and giving them the ““As of today, the union has in its hands a comprehensive package from the university that would improve the lives of every one of its members. It includes average raises of $10,000 this year alone, guaranteed raises for the next five years, and the highest minimum salaries of any unionized contract faculty in the country,” Wiley Norvell, chief communications officer at NYU, said. “Why would the union choose to disrupt thousands of students’ education when they have a market-leading offer, and despite the university pressing to resolve this contract through an independent mediator for the past five months?” A strike would impact the school’s total enrollment, which was over 60,000 as of fall 2025; this includes 29,471 undergraduates; 27,804 graduate and professional school students; and 3,250 people enrolled in noncredit programs. “We cannot lose sight of our responsibility to our students, no matter what happens,” Norvell said. “They are our top priority and we are prepared to continue their academic progress if the union goes on strike.”in-school and outside-school community Among the politicians who signed the letter are Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, NYC Council Members Chris Marte, Virginia Maloney and Harvey Epstein , and other state and city elected officials in and around NYU’s Lower Manhattan location. “We call on you to do everything in your power to return to the bargaining table and ensure a strike is averted and these workers receive the strong contract they deserve,” part of the letter stated.“Contract faculty are half of NYU’s full-time professors. Like tenured and tenure-track faculty, contract faculty hold a wide range of teaching, research, and administrative roles,” the students said in a collective statement on March 19, urging NYU president Linda Mills and provost Georgina Dopico to come to an agreement with the professors as soon as possible. Meanwhile, NYU administrators said they have a contingency plan in place which includes substitute professors should a strike occur on Monday.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.NYU standoff: Students, alumni back faculty strike if labor deal isn’t reached by Monday FIRST ON amNY: New report identifies $2 million in fraud, exposes 12,000 corruption complaints in NYC public schools Woman goes on stabbing rampage with scissors inside Brooklyn apartment, kills senior and wounds second: SourcesAs NYC’s first Muslim mayor marked Ramadan in public, many Muslim New Yorkers felt seenA Living Canvas: Adrian K and the alchemy of art, appetite, and atmosphere at Pinky SwearWoman goes on stabbing rampage with scissors inside Brooklyn apartment, kills senior and wounds second: Sources
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