We are glad to report that bargaining today was much more productive than it has been over the past sessions. The reason for this is straightforward- the University’s external council, Akerman LLP lawyers, were not present at bargaining. In their absence, we were able to make significant movement towards a […]
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On Monday, August 7th, the SENS-UAW Bargaining Committee (BC) had our second meeting with the University. We continued discussions of ground rules for bargaining, presented our first set of proposals to The New School, and reached a tentative agreement on Article XIII, on Personnel Files. The session opened with a […]
On Monday, July 17th, the SENS-UAW Bargaining Committee (“BC” for short) met for the first time with the University to discuss ground rules for our bargaining process. At this meeting, both parties delivered opening statements and the University presented a full raft of contract proposals. Opening Statements The University opened […]
Congratulations to our newly elected bargaining committee members! After our vote 9/6, with five spots filled, the full committee leading SENS-UAW in Fall 2018: Angela Butel (Public and Urban Policy, Milano) Zoe Carey (Sociology, NSSR) Michael Dobson (Politics, NSSR) Cagla Orpen (Politics, NSSR) Kevin Rice (Psychology, NSSR) Jonas Voigt (Transdisciplinary […]
An election for the SENS-UAW Bargaining Committee vacancies (5 positions) will take place on: Election Date: September 6th, 2018 Voting Time and Location: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, Room 528, 72 Fifth Ave, Read about the nominated candidates below: Angela Butel, Public and Urban Policy, Milano I […]
Today, the Bargaining Committee sent out the following message to our members: Dear SENS members, After a phenomenal four day strike this week, we have engaged with members extensively over the last 36 hours to seek their input on the path forward. This engagement has included meetings, one on one […]