With potential strike looming, SENS asks for complete solidarity from New School community

SENS members and students in support walk from the Lang Courtyard to 79 5th Ave. Photo by Gigi Schweitzer.

With the strike deadline of March 6 nearing, the SENS-UAW union has asked The New School’s students, employees, faculty, and parents to show solidarity.  The academic student workers’…

Slow movement on negotiations lead SENS members toward a vote to authorize strike

SENS bargaining committee member Emmanuel Auerbach-Baidani updates union members on negotiations and urges them to vote “yes” on strike authorization at Friday’s Spring Kick-Off event. Photo by Cav Scott.

SENS to begin strike authorization vote around Feb 12 Contract negotiations for the Academic Student Employees SENS-UAW, the union representing academic student workers at the New School, have…

SENS, the academic student workers union, prepares for contract negotiations with The New School

members of the union for Student Employees at The New School (SENS) meet nearly every Friday on the ninth floor of the Vera List Center to prepare for upcoming contract negotiations.

This story was updated on April 14th, 2023 at 07:00 p.m. Nearly every Friday afternoon, members of the union for Student Employees at The New School (SENS) gather…

Students Call for Transparency, Financial Accountability In Search for New President

Students and alumni at an open town hall for the search for the New School's next president. Photo by Katherine Huggins.

A previous version of this article was unclear with statements made by SENS-UAW members about President David Van Zandt’s interactions with the union. The article has been updated…