New York University’s Non-Tenure Faculty Elect Union in UAW Win

Instructors at New York University have voted to join Contract Faculty United - UAW, forming what organizers called the “largest” full-time, non-tenure track faculty union at a private university.

The win secures another victory for organized labor on college campuses, which have also seen a surge of undergraduate and graduate students unionizing.

The union said it won by a vote of 553-72 and will represent nearly 1,000 workers. The university previously agreed to accept the election results and begin bargaining, it said.

“UAW workers in higher education are standing up and winning major improvements all across the United States, raising the standards for all academic workers,” said UAW President Shawn Fain in a statement. ”We applaud NYU contract faculty for taking this major step towards winning the pay, benefits and respect they deserve, and we’ve got their back.”

The UAW said it represents more than 100,000 academic workers in the nation.