ON STRIKE: Nearly 1,000 NYU professors walk off the job at the Manhattan school after labor talks fail
Source: AMNY
By Barbara Russo-Lennon
Posted on March 23, 2026
Nearly 1,000 full-time non-tenure-track faculty at NYU went on strike Monday after a weekend of contract talks faltered and ended with no agreements in sight.
New York University (NYU) faculty began picketing outside the school’s John A. Paulson Building, at 181 Mercer St., on March 23. Contract Faculty United – UAW (CFU-UAW), the union representing the faculty, had pushed back its strike deadline from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. to give administrators more time to consider their demands, which are related to compensation, job security, academic freedom, AI and workload.
But the effort to delay the walkout proved futile.
“We’ve been negotiating all night, and in some cases we are coming closer, including appointment and reappointment, promotion, grievance and arbitration, performance evaluations,” the union’s bargaining committee said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we are still far from the administration in other areas.”
A union rally.
Contract Faculty United – UAW
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