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…

The New School’s Students for Justice in Palestine group condemns President Shalala’s statements

Pro-Palestine protesters near Times Square on Oct. 13. Photo by Gigi Schweitzer

This article was last updated on Oct. 25, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. On Monday Oct. 9, New School students received an email from Interim President Donna Shalala addressing…

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…