{"id":333452,"date":"2026-08-31T00:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T00:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333452\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T00:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T00:12:18","slug":"hofstra-professors-could-walk-out-tuesday-amid-contract-dispute-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333452\/","title":{"rendered":"Hofstra professors could walk out Tuesday amid contract dispute \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hofstra University on Long Island is facing a potential faculty strike Tuesday as a contract dispute nears a deadline, with the current agreement set to expire at midnight Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The AAUP union says negotiations went late into Friday night before being called off, and no further talks are currently scheduled.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hofstra-protest-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hofstra University faculty members rallied on Thursday as their contract is set to expire Monday (Image: NBC New York)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not negotiate in the press,\u201d said Terry Coniglio, Hofstra University spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Hofstra AAUP Chapter President Anthony Basile said negotiations continued \u201cto 11:50 PM Friday night until the administration called them off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were no sessions scheduled this weekend or tomorrow when the contract expires,\u201d said Basile.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys are exchanging emails, but both sides are still &#8220;far apart&#8221; on the raises and healthcare differences, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty members want higher wages. They are also upset that Hofstra wants them to cover more of their healthcare costs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hofstra-protest-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>The AAUP union says Hofstra broke off negotiations late Friday night (Image: NBC New York)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHofstra University is actively engaged in negotiations with the AAUP and is committed to reaching an agreement that is fair to faculty and financially sustainable for the University,\u201d said Coniglio.<\/p>\n<p>A group of Hofstra educators, in bold red shirts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/video\/on-air\/as-seen-on\/hofstra-university-prepares-for-possible-professors-strike-as-school-year-set-to-begin\/6541360\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/video\/on-air\/as-seen-on\/hofstra-university-prepares-for-possible-professors-strike-as-school-year-set-to-begin\/6541360\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rallied on campus Thursday, as new students and their parents checked in close by,<\/a> saying they feel forced into a corner.<\/p>\n<p>The school says it&#8217;s &#8220;preparing for a range of possible outcomes&#8221; of the negotiations. &#8220;The focus is on welcoming students and faculty back to campus this week and beginning the new academic year on Aug. 31,\u201d a Hofstra statement added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hofstra-protest-3.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hofstra University said Sunday that it is &#8220;actively engaged in negotiations,&#8221; but the union says no new talks are set.<\/p>\n<p>The union said the contract expires at midnight Monday, Aug. 31, and that it plans to hold a membership meeting at 7 p.m. Monday to decide what to do next.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC New York. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC New York journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hofstra University on Long Island is facing a potential faculty strike Tuesday as a contract dispute nears a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[776,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-333452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-long-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}