The NYU Adjuncts Union represents part-time faculty members who play a crucial role in the university's academic life. The NYU adjuncts union advocates for better pay, job security, and working conditions. The union's efforts aim to ensure fair compensation and support for all Bargain Union Eligible adjuncts who significantly contribute to the educational experience at New York University. By negotiating contracts and addressing concerns, the union strives to improve the overall quality of adjunct faculty employment and promote equity within the academic community.

ACT-UAW Local 7902 represents over 4,000 part-time and adjunct professors, student educators, and healthcare workers. It consists of four units: one for adjunct professors at NYU, another for those at the New School, one for student educators at the New School, and another for healthcare workers at the New School. It was founded in 2002 after several years of organizing efforts, and elected its first executive officers in 2005.

If you teach at NYU or the New School and are a union member, you are ACT-UAW. Your local is staffed by faculty, paid union organizers, and governed by your fellow union members. Day-to-day operational and policy decisions are made by two bodies of elected members: the Joint Council and the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee reports to the Joint Council, which in turn reports to you and to your fellow union members.