Academic student workers push to be treated like professionals as they continue to bargain with The New School

The SENS bargaining committee poses for a photo after a recent bargaining session. Photo courtesy of SENS.

“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…

Non-academic student workers march petition for fair union election to interim president’s office, denied a meeting with her

NewSWU union organizers hope to deliver their petition, asking to be allowed to hold a union election without interference from the university if deemed eligible, to The New School Interim President. Photo by Carson Strassman.

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

Have you ever felt yourself nodding along during a conversation about unions on campus, secretly wishing you knew more? Here's some help navigating unions at The New School

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 

Organizers working to unionize non-academic student workers ask students to sign their petition demanding the university respect their right to a fair union election. Photo by Isabella Gallo

“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

Chalked writing on the walls of the Lang courtyard. Photo by Isabella Gallo.

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

NewSWU organizers, SENS members, and guest speakers talk to a crowd gathered in the Lang Courtyard at the spring 2023 Rally Against Austerity. Photo by Theo Lim-Jisra.

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.