(NEW YORK CITY) – Full-Time, Non-Tenure Track Faculty at New York University (NYU) have voted by an overwhelming margin (553-to-72, or 89.5%) in favor of joining Contract Faculty United-United Auto Workers (CFU-UAW), which will represent nearly 1,000 Contract Faculty across NYU. 

NYU Contract Faculty join more than 100,000 Academic Workers across the United States who are represented by the UAW.

In the last five years alone more than 40,000 Academic Workers around the country have chosen to become part of the UAW, including nearly 15,000 located up and down the East Coast.

UAW President Shawn Fain said: “UAW Workers in Higher Education are standing up and winning major improvements all across the United States, raising the standards for all Academic Workers.  We applaud NYU Contract Faculty for taking this major step towards winning the pay, benefits and respect they deserve - and we’ve got their back.”

Ahmed Ansari, an Industry Assistant Professor in Technology, Culture and Society at Tandon School of Engineering, said: “With participation from nearly (67%) of the Unit, this is a resounding vote for our Union.  Our work powers NYU’s educational mission, but too many of us face unpredictable salaries that routinely shortchange women and People of Color.  We look forward to negotiating a strong first contract that allows us to live in New York City, protects our job security and academic freedom, and makes NYU an equitable place to work.  Our working conditions are our students’ learning conditions, and we are excited to bargain as equals with the university administration to make progress on these issues and more.”

“We are excited to welcome NYU Contract Faculty into the growing UAW Family,” said Brandon Mancilla, who serves as Director of UAW Region 9A, which includes New York City, New England and Puerto Rico.  “After a long fight and a historic election victory, Contract Faculty can now look forward to bargaining a strong first Union contract.”

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