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SENS-UAW will strike on March 6 if agreements are not made with the university on a new contract

SENS members raise hands to vote in favor of a March 6 strike deadline. Photo by Cav Scott.

SENS-UAW, representing The New School’s academic student workers, announced it will strike beginning next Wednesday if it does not reach agreements with the university on contract negotiations.   The…

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Academic student workers’ union officially reaches the majority needed to authorize a strike

Union members discuss Strike authorization vote at Feb. 23 SENS meeting. Photo courtesy of Molly Ragan.

The union representing academic student workers at The New School, SENS-UAW, has received approval from the majority of its members to go on strike, if necessary. They have…

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Academic student workers’ union gets 95% of members to authorize strike after one week of voting

Fliers and stickers in support of student workers urge SENS union members to vote “yes” and for other student workers to pledge to strike in solidarity. Photo by Moshe Sopher-Harelick

The union representing the New School’s academic student workers has thus far received near unanimous approval from its members to go on strike, if necessary. About 95% of…

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SENS-UAW files third unfair labor practice claim against The New School

NewSWU member Isabelle Fessler tabling for SENS in the Vera List Center at 6 E 16th St. urging members to vote yes on a strike authorization vote. Photo by Moshe Sopher-Harelick

The union representing academic student workers at The New School filed a complaint earlier this month alleging the university is negotiating in “bad faith,” meaning it has no…

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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…

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