Essential Info on the NYU CFU-UAW Strike

This is NYU’s online hub for information about the strike by members of CFU-UAW, the union representing certain NYU full-time contract faculty. This site has tools to submit any questions or concerns students, faculty, employees and staff, parents and families, and alumni may have about the strike, as well as FAQs, fact sheets, and updates on the latest negotiations.

NYU values and respects its unionized contract faculty, and even though the union has begun a strike, negotiations are continuing and the University is working hard to reach a fair and sustainable contract.

What You Need to Know

• The union, CFU-UAW, began a strike on Monday, March 23. 
• Negotiations are continuing.
• Classes will continue during the strike. Maintaining students’ academic progress is the University’s highest priority. Every class has a plan in place to continue teaching and learning. 
• If you have any questions or concerns about your courses or about the impact of a strike, you can submit them directly to the University. You’ll also find FAQs designed for students and faculty—and others specifically for CFU-UAW members.

The University Continues To Call For Impartial Mediation - The Union Continues to Say No

There has been progress at the negotiating table, with the University and union reaching 30 tentative agreements. But there remain major outstanding issues to resolve. For more than five months, NYU has called on the union to agree to utilize an impartial outside mediator who could help bridge differences and move negotiations forward. 

Mediators are often central to reaching fair contracts, especially when a strike is underway.

To date, the union continues to refuse, prolonging the disruption of a strike for their members, colleagues, and students.

The University’s Position

NYU values and respects its unionized contract faculty and has made the union market-leading offers.

The University’s recent comprehensive proposal would improve the lives of every one of its members, including significant raises, the highest minimum salaries of any unionized contract faculty in the country, and comprehensive benefits including enhanced family care.

NYU’s offer also includes comprehensive benefits, including enhanced family care subsidies, paid professional development leave, a voluntary retirement program, and minimum professional development funding of $2,500 per year. The package has strong provisions for job security, academic freedom, and shared governance on academic and pedagogical matters.

Communications and Bargaining-related Updates

• March 23, 2026 (Press Statement) – Statement on CFU-UAW Strike
• March 20, 2026 (Press Statement) – Statement on NYU's Comprehensive Offer to CFU-UAW
• March 13, 2026 (Press Statement) – Statement on Labor Law Claims
• February 28, 2026 (Press Statement) – Statement about NYU proposing the highest minimum salaries in the nation among full-time unionized contract faculty
• February 22, 2026 (Press Statement) – Statement about the CFU Strike Authorization
• February 3, 2026 (Email to NYU employees) – Message from NYU President Mills and Provost Dopico about the Union’s call for a strike authorization vote.
• October 29, 2025 (University Statement) – NYU expresses frustration in response to CFU-UAW’s silence on mediation.

Tentative Agreements

The Union and the University have reached the following tentative agreements:

1. Administrative positions (PDF)
2. Bargaining unit information (PDF)
3. Contract faculty member representatives (PDF)
4. Discipline and discharge (PDF)
5. Health and safety (PDF)
6. Notices (PDF)
7. Personnel files (PDF)
8. Recognition (PDF)
9. Respectful work environment (PDF)
10. Severability (PDF)
11. Side letter (health and safety committee) (PDF)
12. Side letter (privacy) (PDF)
13. Technology committee (PDF)
14. The faculty handbook (PDF)
15. Titles (PDF)
16. Union access (PDF)
17. Union-management committees (PDF)
18. Workspace and materials (PDF)