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. 

Non-academic student workers rally, will meet with university administration to discuss signing a neutrality agreement in their unionization process 

NewSWU organizers rally outside the University Center on May 10, asking The New School to enter a neutrality agreement with them as they go through their unionization process. Photo by Caidin Ferrigno.

Backed by supportive cheers of passersby and MTA buses honking in solidarity, a group of roughly 20 organizers, faculty, union members, and students gathered outside The New School’s…