Tag: Unions

Slow movement on negotiations lead SENS members toward a vote to authorize strike

SENS bargaining committee member Emmanuel Auerbach-Baidani updates union members on negotiations and urges them to vote “yes” on strike authorization at Friday’s Spring Kick-Off event. Photo by Cav Scott.

SENS to begin strike authorization vote around Feb 12 Contract negotiations for the Academic Student Employees SENS-UAW, the union representing academic student workers at the New School, have…

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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…

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122 Staff Laid-off, a ‘Top-Down’ Administration, and a Corporate Third Party: TNS is Fractured by Recent Decisions

Illustration by Simon Chen

Bold white letters jump from a bright red background branding The New School University Center. Glass cuts into the sides of the imposing 13-story building, creating transparent tunnels…

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