Important Bargaining Update + Member Meeting Tomorrow 3pm (11/5)
Yesterday we had our third bargaining session of the semester. Thanks to all the members who were able to join us!
Graduate student parents gave compelling testimonials about how NYU’s disrespectful lack of family benefits affects their ability to work.
Mediation is a voluntary process to enable the two sides to reach common ground through a neutral third party. The mediator cannot mandate either side to change its position but can use facilitation skills to encourage a settlement. Mediation is a device that can be used in collective bargaining where the parties may be stymied at the table. The bargaining committee is evaluating what entering mediation would mean for our negotiations. We will be making our decision within the next week.
Tomorrow’s member meeting will be an opportunity for us to discuss where we are at in negotiations and decide ways to build more pressure on NYU. If you want to learn more and/or get more involved, please join! We need leaders and point-people in every department!
If you can’t join the meeting, and want to get more involved in helping out with the fight for a fair contract, or if you have any comments or questions for us re: mediation and where we stand in negotiations, you can email the bargaining committee.
