Alton A.J. Harmon has been announced as The New School’s vice president of labor relations, a new position created to ensure the alignment of labor relations initiatives with…
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Labor Contradictions: When a progressive institution takes an adversarial tone with labor
After the SENS bargaining committee signed its tentative agreement with The New School this March, champagne rained as picketers dispersed, and the second strike in as many academic…
A look at the union and university offers as they stand
With the SENS-UAW strike underway, there remains a wide gap between what the union and the university are offering in their most recent negotiations. At last night’s bargaining…
Two strikes in two years – New School students express frustrations
In the fall of 2022, the part-time faculty (PTF) union ACT-UAW Local 7902 at The New School went on strike for nearly a month. Just over a year…
Who has the right to strike? Explained
The union for academic student workers, SENS-UAW Local 7902, asked The New School community to strike in solidarity with them, and while non-academic workers in in the New…
SENS-UAW strike: union members cease work; begin picketing The New School
As of 8 a.m. this morning, SENS-UAW Local 7902 has called for a strike against The New School. Union members have begun honoring digital picket lines against the…