“The parents could have been allies [with the University] had we been welcomed,” Molly Maher, parent of a Parsons School of Design and Eugene Lang College of Liberal…
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Part-time faculty union files complaint with National Labor Relations Board
The New School part-time faculty union has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board in response to the university asking employees to fill…
Leaked email suggests The New School’s plan to hire ‘temporary progress reviewers’ to grade students during strike
In the midst of the part-time faculty strike, students and admin clash over how to determine end-of-term grades
Voices from the picket line
Thoughts, opinions, hopes and fears from students and faculty during the first weeks of the part time faculty strike
Professors and students protest The New School’s part-time faculty contract: Interviews at the picket fence
After months of negotiations, the part-time faculty’s contract has lapsed and no agreement has been met between the school and the union’s bargaining committee. After a 97% vote of authorization, the union elected to strike beginning Wednesday.
The unstoppable history of an inflatable rat
As the part-time faculty strike began on Wednesday morning, an 8 ft. tall inflatable rat with a lengthy history in labor movements appeared on Fifth Avenue in front…