12/9: Progress, But No Deal Yet. The Strike Continues!

Mediation Update

Last night, the New School’s lead negotiator presented our bargaining committee with an updated “last, best, final offer”. We were encouraged by this movement and worked through the night reviewing management's offer. This morning, we are meeting with the university to share our response.

President McBride’s email, sent just moments after we received the university’s updated offer, used the word “compensation” to mean salary. While we are encouraged by these gains, under the latest “last, best, final offer”, some of our members would still lose healthcare, and those who are on the healthcare plan might see all their raises wiped out by increases in the plan’s costs.

We hope to resolve this as soon as possible, but until we have a deal that ensures members’ access to affordable healthcare, we remain on strike.