“Extremely frustrating.” That’s how bargaining committee members of SENS, the unit representing The New School’s academic student workers in the ACT-UAW Local 7902 union, describe the process of…
Isabella Gallo
Non-academic student workers march petition for fair union election to interim president’s office, denied a meeting with her
Over a dozen members of NewSWU, the group working to unionize nonacademic student workers, marched to New School Interim President Donna Shalala’s office with a roughly 10-foot-long petition…
Labor unions at The New School, explained
Studying at a university that experienced the longest adjunct professor strike in the country’s history, receiving constant emails about contract bargaining, and hearing talk of new unionization drives…
Non-academic student workers rally outside UC to promote new petition for fair election
“Our necks, our backs, we need a fair contract!” NewSWU organizers, the group working to unionize non-academic student workers at The New School, chanted as they circled in…
Awaiting NLRB decision on union election eligibility, student worker petition reaches over 100 signatures
In less than a day, NewSWU, the group working to unionize non-academic student workers, garnered over 100 signatures on a petition asking that the university respect their “right…
Non-academic student workers in federal labor hearing to determine if they can vote to join union currently representing academic student workers
Non-academic student workers at The New School have filed for an election to join the union representing academic student workers. They are now making their case in a federal labor hearing.