Part-time faculty at the New School are fighting for a fair contract.

Part-time faculty are on strike.

On the line and online—head to Strike School for labor education beyond the classroom.

What’s happening in bargaining right now?

Read our bargaining blog to stay up to date on weekly negotiations with the New School’s team.

Part-time faculty are commited to transparent and open bargaining.

Open bargaining is a powerful negotiation strategy that ensures transparency and democratic participation at every step of the way. It strengthens us as a collective of educators striving to create the best possible learning environments for our students. Without solidarity, we have nothing.

  • “When I’m not teaching art students in 3 NYC colleges, I work at the local grocery store to make ends meet and support my family. This leaves me very little time for thoughtful grading.”

    — Anonymous Part-Time Faculty

  • “When the pandemic began, I had to move upstate because I couldn’t afford NYC rent on my teaching salary. I barely make a living wage, scraped together from 3 part-time jobs. My 2.5 hour commute each way leaves me feeling tired, overextended and with little time to plan my classes.”

    — Anonymous Part-Time Faculty

  • "The University refused to give me an accommodation to continue teaching via Zoom when my OBGYN advised against teaching in-person while pregnant during the pandemic. So, I lost all my courses. Because I was unable to teach and had to switch jobs, I was unable to reach the minimum required continuous employment hours to be eligible for NY-state family-leave benefits."

    — Anonymous Part-Time Faculty

  • “Two weeks before the fall ‘21 semester began, the university asked me to complete a training that amounted to nearly 40 hours of time that I would not be compensated for. The unpaid labor is really upsetting but I’m even more frustrated by the idea that any of us is expected to teach our students something that we ourselves only just learned."

    — Anonymous Part-Time Faculty

  • “My department pays for one hour of prep outside of class, for each hour I spend in class. I set a timer when I grade so that I don’t go over. This means I can only spend about 3 minutes per student.”

    — Anonymous Part-Time Faculty

  • “Teaching online was really difficult for me. My computer was on the older side and I didn’t own any of the, frankly, essential tools like a ring light, camera stand, second screen, microphone, etc. I wish the school had provided me with those things so that my online course would have been more clear and accessible to my students.”

    — Anonymous Part-Time Faculty