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NYU administrators hope to hire a third-party mediator for bargaining sessions with the university\u2019s contract faculty union, aiming to expedite the agreement process after a year of back-and-forth proposals. The union said it would consider the suggestion.<\/span><\/p>\n

University spokesperson John Beckman said in a <\/span>Tuesday statement<\/span><\/a> that Contract Faculty United, which represents nearly 1,000 full-time faculty, has made \u201cdisappointingly little movement on many proposals.\u201d Over the past year, the two parties have held 17 bargaining sessions, during which union members suggested <\/span>54 proposals<\/span><\/a> for better compensation, speech protections and support for international faculty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>NYU believes the introduction of a mediator \u2014 someone impartial with a fresh set of eyes who can help both sides work towards an agreement \u2014 can have a positive effect on the course of the negotiations,\u201d Beckman wrote. \u201cNYU has been and remains firmly committed to negotiating with CFU-UAW in good faith and to reaching an agreement in a timely manner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

CFU began its bargaining in <\/span>November 2024<\/span><\/a> \u2014 around eight months after NYU formally recognized the union, CFU-UAW Local 7902 \u2014 <\/span>focused on guaranteeing job security, raising salaries and improving health care benefits. But since President Donald Trump took office in January, union members have turned their attention toward supporting international faculty and prioritizing academic freedom on campus. Their recent proposals push for NYU <\/span>to sponsor permanent residence<\/span><\/a> or provide international faculty with <\/span>a visa of their choosing<\/span><\/a>, rather than defaulting to temporary visas that could make them more susceptible to deportation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacob Remes, Gallatin professor and CFU representative, told WSN that the union was \u201ccarefully considering\u201d the proposal, which it received Monday morning. Remes said Beckman\u2019s characterization of the union\u2019s response as slow was \u201cfalse,\u201d adding that administrators only responded to four out of 14 counterproposals union members brought to bargaining sessions last Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were surprised and confused by that, because we moved toward everything \u2014 except for some proposals where they have refused to engage with us at all,\u201d Remes said. \u201cWe have been \u2014 for months \u2014 explaining the things that we and our members need and deserve in order to uphold the integrity of NYU education, and we\u2019re going to continue to do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Natalie Deoragh at\u00a0ndeoragh@nyunews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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