National Center for Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Ed
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The National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions is a labor-management research center at Hunter College. We conduct research, organize conferences, and publish scholarship.
Register now for our March 22-24, 2026 conference in NYC. @wesleyan_u Michael Roth will be keynote speaker. Registration, panel and, speaker info available here: www.hunter.cuny.edu/national-cen...
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Register now for our March 22-24, 2026 conference in NYC. @wesleyan_u Michael Roth will be keynote speaker. Registration, panel and, speaker info available here: www.hunter.cuny.edu/national-cen...
The National Center has issued our October 2025 newsletter that includes details about our contract research site and confirmed speakers and panels for our March 22-24 2026 annual conference: myemail.constantcontact.com/October-2025...
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The National Center has issued our October 2025 newsletter that includes details about our contract research site and confirmed speakers and panels for our March 22-24 2026 annual conference: myemail.constantcontact.com/October-2025...
New September 26 book launch event for Emory law professor Deepa Das Acevedo's new book The War on Tenure.
September 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New September 26 book launch event for Emory law professor Deepa Das Acevedo's new book The War on Tenure.
Have collective bargaining data a click away by registering and contributing for our Contract Research Site: webforms.hunter.cuny.edu/ncscbhep/vie... Access begins on October 1 for registrants to this contribution-based platform.
September 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Have collective bargaining data a click away by registering and contributing for our Contract Research Site: webforms.hunter.cuny.edu/ncscbhep/vie... Access begins on October 1 for registrants to this contribution-based platform.
New: the Beloit Student Workers Union, a union of undergraduates at Beloit College in Wisconsin, recently ratified its first collective bargaining agreement. The union was organized under a neutrality agreement with the college: bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/wrex.com/con...
September 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
New: the Beloit Student Workers Union, a union of undergraduates at Beloit College in Wisconsin, recently ratified its first collective bargaining agreement. The union was organized under a neutrality agreement with the college: bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/wrex.com/con...
2. Data about the scope of post-doc unionization can be found in our 2024 Directory of Bargaining Agents and Contracts in Higher Education: research-data.hunter.cuny.edu/ncscbhep/202... and our March 2025 study Every Grain of Sand: academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_pubs/856/
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
2. Data about the scope of post-doc unionization can be found in our 2024 Directory of Bargaining Agents and Contracts in Higher Education: research-data.hunter.cuny.edu/ncscbhep/202... and our March 2025 study Every Grain of Sand: academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_pubs/856/
1. New: Northwestern University post-docs voted 515-13 in favor of representation by UE Union/Northwestern University Postdoc Union (NUPU-UE), according to yesterday's tally of ballots by the NLRB. The result is a continuation in the massive growth of post-doc unionization.
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
1. New: Northwestern University post-docs voted 515-13 in favor of representation by UE Union/Northwestern University Postdoc Union (NUPU-UE), according to yesterday's tally of ballots by the NLRB. The result is a continuation in the massive growth of post-doc unionization.
The National Center's 53rd annual national conference will take place on March 22-24, 2026 in NYC. Support our research and the conference by becoming a sponsor s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/u... or by buying an ad in the conference program: s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/u....
August 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The National Center's 53rd annual national conference will take place on March 22-24, 2026 in NYC. Support our research and the conference by becoming a sponsor s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/u... or by buying an ad in the conference program: s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/u....
New: The National Center's July/August newsletter is now available: conta.cc/45CmOhb It includes updates and information for submitting 2026 conference proposals, which are due no later than August 29.
August 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
New: The National Center's July/August newsletter is now available: conta.cc/45CmOhb It includes updates and information for submitting 2026 conference proposals, which are due no later than August 29.
A quantative research article by National Center scholars is cited in the current issue of Nature magazine in an article on postdoc unionization at the University of Michigan
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A quantative research article by National Center scholars is cited in the current issue of Nature magazine in an article on postdoc unionization at the University of Michigan
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The proposal to ban AI regulation aims to strangle state "laboratories of democracy" to use a phrase by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, at a time when many numerous democratic values are under attack.
June 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The proposal to ban AI regulation aims to strangle state "laboratories of democracy" to use a phrase by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, at a time when many numerous democratic values are under attack.
The proposed bar against state AI regulation contradicts findings by an #AAG committee of interdisciplinary scholars who emphasized that to achieve ethical practices and protect human rights requires implementation of "a viable enforceable regulatory system": ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp....
June 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The proposed bar against state AI regulation contradicts findings by an #AAG committee of interdisciplinary scholars who emphasized that to achieve ethical practices and protect human rights requires implementation of "a viable enforceable regulatory system": ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp....
New: last week Oregon Governor Kotek signed into law a bill prohibiting the false impersonation of a union representative w/intent to undermine, interfere or negatively impact a labor organization: legiscan.com/OR/text/HB37.... Example of state law building up, while federal labor law under attack.
June 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New: last week Oregon Governor Kotek signed into law a bill prohibiting the false impersonation of a union representative w/intent to undermine, interfere or negatively impact a labor organization: legiscan.com/OR/text/HB37.... Example of state law building up, while federal labor law under attack.
New: NY legislators are being proactive with a bill to expand the State Employment Relations Act for when NLRB declines jurisdiction, decides issue is outside NLRA coverage, lacks a quorum or if the NLRA is repealed or narrowed or preemption ruled inapplicable: legiscan.com/NY/text/S079....
June 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
New: NY legislators are being proactive with a bill to expand the State Employment Relations Act for when NLRB declines jurisdiction, decides issue is outside NLRA coverage, lacks a quorum or if the NLRA is repealed or narrowed or preemption ruled inapplicable: legiscan.com/NY/text/S079....
Latest: Postdocs at Johns Hopkins University voted 560-17 in favor of representation by Postdoctoral Researchers Organized – UAW, according to NLRB tally of ballots on June 11, 2025.
June 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Latest: Postdocs at Johns Hopkins University voted 560-17 in favor of representation by Postdoctoral Researchers Organized – UAW, according to NLRB tally of ballots on June 11, 2025.
New: Adjunct faculty at Simmons University in Massachusetts voted 204-15, in a bargaining unit of 668, in favor of representation by @seiu509.bsky.social, according to a June 2 NLRB tally of ballots.
June 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New: Adjunct faculty at Simmons University in Massachusetts voted 204-15, in a bargaining unit of 668, in favor of representation by @seiu509.bsky.social, according to a June 2 NLRB tally of ballots.
New: NEA-NM has a petition pending with the New Mexico Public Employee Labor Relations Board seeking to represent a unit of 108 full-time faculty at Western New Mexico University.
May 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New: NEA-NM has a petition pending with the New Mexico Public Employee Labor Relations Board seeking to represent a unit of 108 full-time faculty at Western New Mexico University.
Our Executive Director Bill Herbert has been named a 2025 Trailblazers in Higher Education by City & State New York along with leaders, scholars, and advocates in higher ed: www.cityandstateny.com/power-lists/...
May 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Our Executive Director Bill Herbert has been named a 2025 Trailblazers in Higher Education by City & State New York along with leaders, scholars, and advocates in higher ed: www.cityandstateny.com/power-lists/...
New: The faculty at the School of Visual Arts in New York City voted 568-167 in favor of representation by SVA Faculty United-UAW, according to the tally of ballots issued yesterday by the NLRB.
May 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New: The faculty at the School of Visual Arts in New York City voted 568-167 in favor of representation by SVA Faculty United-UAW, according to the tally of ballots issued yesterday by the NLRB.
We have issued the Call for Proposals for our 2026 annual conference that will be taking place in New York City on March 22-24: conta.cc/4kqf7iR The theme of the conference is Uniting for Political Democracy and Workplace Democracy. Proposals are due on or before August 29.
May 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We have issued the Call for Proposals for our 2026 annual conference that will be taking place in New York City on March 22-24: conta.cc/4kqf7iR The theme of the conference is Uniting for Political Democracy and Workplace Democracy. Proposals are due on or before August 29.
2/2 The April newsletter also includes news about pending representation cases at the School of Visual Arts, Stevenson University, Georgetown University, Simmons University, the SUNY Research Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, and Nazareth Univ. conta.cc/3Gsg8bD
April 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
2/2 The April newsletter also includes news about pending representation cases at the School of Visual Arts, Stevenson University, Georgetown University, Simmons University, the SUNY Research Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, and Nazareth Univ. conta.cc/3Gsg8bD
1/2 The National Center has issued our April newsletter with information about the certification or recogntition of new bargaining units at Nevada State University, Anne Arundel Community College, Icahn School of Medicine, and California Institute of the Arts : conta.cc/3Gsg8bD
April 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
1/2 The National Center has issued our April newsletter with information about the certification or recogntition of new bargaining units at Nevada State University, Anne Arundel Community College, Icahn School of Medicine, and California Institute of the Arts : conta.cc/3Gsg8bD
On April 11 @seiu509.bsky.social filed a petition with the NLRB to represent a unit of 512 adjunct faculty at Simmons University at its Massachusetts campuses.
April 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
On April 11 @seiu509.bsky.social filed a petition with the NLRB to represent a unit of 512 adjunct faculty at Simmons University at its Massachusetts campuses.
In her memoir, Perkins describes a 1933 meeting w/FDR in his library at his 65th Street home in Manhattan. At meeting, Perkins conditioned acceptance to become Labor Sec. on FDR agreeing to support Social Security and FLSA. The home is now a @huntercollege.bsky.social public policy center
April 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In her memoir, Perkins describes a 1933 meeting w/FDR in his library at his 65th Street home in Manhattan. At meeting, Perkins conditioned acceptance to become Labor Sec. on FDR agreeing to support Social Security and FLSA. The home is now a @huntercollege.bsky.social public policy center
Perkins memoir,The Roosevelt I Knew, should be required reading to understand FDR, Perkins, & New Deal labor legislation. The memoir along with Caro's majestic Power Broker, teach us that a century ago New York was the policy incubator leading to the New Deal. An essential lesson for today.
April 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Perkins memoir,The Roosevelt I Knew, should be required reading to understand FDR, Perkins, & New Deal labor legislation. The memoir along with Caro's majestic Power Broker, teach us that a century ago New York was the policy incubator leading to the New Deal. An essential lesson for today.