NYC academic unions demonstrate on May Day, as New School student workers press university
“Academic unions from across New York City converged at 3 p.m. outside The New School’s University Center for a May Day rally. Partway through, members of the New Student Workers Union (NewSWU), faculty, and alumni split off and entered TNS Welcome Center at 72 Fifth Ave. to deliver a petition demanding union recognition for residential workers.
May Day or International Workers’ Day, celebrated annually on May 1, is a celebration of laborers and the working class promoted by the international labor movement.
The rally, organized by the NYC Committee on Higher Education, started at the University Center before marching to Washington Square Park to meet with other unions. Those who split off folded into a separate demonstration, reflecting a semester-long fight for ResLife unionization. ”
