Contract Gains by Other Academic Unions
Researchers’ Unions
Mount Sinai Postdoctoral Researchers (SPOC-UAW)
University of California Postdoctoral Researchers UAW Local 5810
Weill Cornell Medicine Postdoctoral Researchers (WCMPU-UAW)
Columbia Postdoctoral Workers-UAW Local 4100
See the Full Contract
See Current Contract highlights
University of Washington Postdoctoral Researchers UAW Local 4121
Teaching Faculty Unions
NYU Contract Faculty (CFU-UAW) Local 7902
In Negotiations
See their website for updates!
(They voted 90% in favor of a strike for their first contract on Feb 20, 2026!)
UChicago Lecturers SEIU Local 73
NYU Adjunct Faculty Contract Highlights
Local 7902
Rutgers NTT Faculty
- Rutgers non-tenure-track faculty won longer contracts and reappointment protections similar to tenure.
- Rutgers non-tenure-track faculty won $600,000 for a Common Good Community Fund.
Boston University NTT Faculty
Boston University’s non-tenure-track faculty union negotiated a 15% first-year average raise and regular cost-of-living adjustments.
Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW)-UAW
Local 3270
Barnard Contingent Faculty (BCF-UAW Local 2110)
- Barnard contingent faculty negotiated a 16% first-year raise, regular annual raises, increases in per-course pay, compensation for advising and independent studies, retirement contributions, and bonuses. The minimum salary for full-time non-tenure track faculty will be $89,000 for AY 2026-2027.
- Barnard contingent faculty won longer contracts and separation pay for longer-serving adjuncts who are not rehired.
- Barnard contingent faculty negotiated for and won a Scholarship Fund for their children’s college tuition.
CUNY Lecturers
CUNY Professional Staff Congress won a certificate of continuous employment that provides protections similar to tenure. You can read more about what rights and protections they have established through collective bargaining here.