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A spokesperson for NYU said the school has made multiple offers that would put union members in an advantageous position.<\/p>\n
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Around 1,000 full-time non-tenure-track faculty at NYU are prepared to go on strike Monday if contract negotiations with management continue to stall<\/a> this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n New York University (NYU)<\/a> faculty and supporters are prepared and ready to picket starting March 23 at 9 a.m., outside the school\u2019s John A. Paulson Building in Greenwich Village if a fair contract is not settled<\/a> before that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n Contract Faculty United \u2013 UAW (CFU-UAW), the union representing the educators, said members\u2019 demands are over compensation, job security, academic freedom, AI and workload.<\/p>\n Elisabeth Fay, a member of the bargaining committee, said the administration is refusing to discuss salary compression, a term used when there is little difference in pay between employees with different skill sets or levels of experience.<\/p>\n Workload, job security, and housing and retiree medical benefits are among other sticking points in the negotiations.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n NYU administration said on Friday that the school presented the union with a \u201ccomprehensive contract proposal,\u201d offering significant raises and giving them the \u201chighest minimum salaries\u201d of any unionized contract faculty in the nation.<\/p>\n \u201cAs of today, the union has in its hands a comprehensive package from the university that would improve the lives of every one of its members. It includes average raises of $10,000 this year alone, guaranteed raises for the next five years, and the highest minimum salaries of any unionized contract faculty in the country,\u201d Wiley Norvell, chief communications officer at NYU, said. \u201cWhy would the union choose to disrupt thousands of students\u2019 education when they have a market-leading offer, and despite the university pressing to resolve this contract through an independent mediator for the past five months?\u201d<\/p>\n A strike would impact the school\u2019s total enrollment, which was over 60,000 as of fall 2025; this includes 29,471 undergraduates; 27,804 graduate and professional school students; and 3,250 people enrolled in noncredit programs.<\/p>\n \u201cWe cannot lose sight of our responsibility to our students, no matter what happens,\u201d Norvell said. \u201cThey are our top priority and we are prepared to continue their academic progress if the union goes on strike.\u201d<\/p>\n Electeds want professors to get a \u201cstrong contract they deserve\u201d<\/p>\n