Thanks to all who participated in our action and the Joe Hill celebration Friday night. A shout out from Amy Goodman and rousing support from the audience made the evening a huge success! On the occasion of Don’t Mourn, Organize! Performances in Celebration of Labor Troubadour Joe Hill (1879-1915) SENS-UAW organized a […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
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THIS FRIDAY EVENING AT THE NEW SCHOOL! Celebrate Labor History and Join the SENS-UAW Precarity CircusDon’t Mourn, Organize! Performances in Celebration of Labor Troubador Joe Hill (1879-1915) Friday, November 20, 7-9pm, John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center, 63 5th Avenue. Click here to get a free ticket! Amy Goodman, of […]
NLRB Grants Review of our Case! The National Labor Relations Board formally granted review of our case, which we hope will overturn the Brown decision. This is great news for graduate employees who have committed years of organizing to win back our right to collective bargaining. While this is a […]
The National Labor Relation’s Board Regional Director has made a decision on our case to re-establish the legal right to collective bargaining for student workers at private universities. While our petition was dismissed, because of precedence set by the federal board in the 2004 Brown University decision, we remain optimistic […]
The New School volume 1 [April 20, 2015] The New School volume 2 [April 21, 2015] The New School volume 3 [April 23, 2015] The New School volume 4 [May 4, 2015] The New School volume 5 [May 6, 2015] The New School volume 6 [May 11, 2015]
Legal briefs have been filed by our Union and the University with the NLRB regional director as of June 1. Based on evidence presented in the recent hearings, we argue that the NLRB should overturn the 2004 Brown decision and re-establish the legal right to collective bargaining for student workers […]
As we hurtle toward the end of the semester, and the country roils with grief and anger over more racist police murders, your minds are likely preoccupied with many things. Ours too — we just want to give a brief update about the state of your Union: Student Employees at […]
While many of us are still fuming over The New School administration’s rebranding campaign, we’re writing to remind you that, while you may not have a say in how your university looks, you DO have a say in your union. To review some of our major accomplishments in the 2014-2015 […]
On Monday we joined our part-time faculty, ACT-UAW Local 7902, to demand that President David Van Zandt give the part-time faculty a fair contract now and uphold the progressive ideals of The New School. Part-time faculty makes up 85% of the teaching workforce at The New School. Photos are courtesy […]
This week is a great one for graduate students all over the country! GSOC, the graduate student union at NYU, and the administration of NYU have successfully concluded negotiations for their second contract. We are celebrating with them, and congratulate GSOC for their endurance through a ten-year struggle to get […]