April 30, 2004

NYU Averts Strike, but Columbia U. Walkout Goes Forward

By PIPER FOGG and SCOTT SMALLWOOD

One of two major academic labor strikes planned for New York City last week was averted as the United Automobile Workers, which represents both graduate students at Columbia University and part-time professors at New York University, came to a tentative agreement with NYU. A strike went ahead as planned, however, at Columbia.

Part-time professors at NYU won the right to bargain collectively in 2002, becoming the nation's largest adjunct union at a private institution. After more than

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