Despite a strong National Labor Relations Board ruling affirming the union rights of student assistants at private universities, in the Columbia case, the New School continues to ignore our choice to unionize and disregard the consistent support we have repeatedly shown for SENS-UAW. The NLRB also has not yet taken action on our case.
We cannot afford to wait for the NLRB, nor The New School administration who has so far refused to exercise its right to engage in a voluntary recognition process like NYU. So, today we delivered a message signed by student employees from across campus with a strong message to Van Zandt. If he doesn’t proceed with recognizing our union, we will start preparing for a strike authorization vote early Spring Semester..
Read the letter below and sign on here to show your support!
https://sensuaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/New-School-Strike-Organizing-Letter-December-2016.pdf
