NYU Extends Adjunct Professor Contracts Through January
NYU agreed to extend adjunct professors contracts through January 31, 2011 after months of negotiating with their union through a mediator. The school will continue meeting with the ACT-UAW Local 7902 union, which also includes adjunct professors from The New School, to finalize a contract beyond the extension, said John Beckman, a spokesman with the school. Adjunct professors at NYU seek some of the same gains their colleagues at The New School secured during their contract negotiations. “The university’s strategy is to reject practically everything we have proposed to improve our working conditions,” read a statement posted to […]