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2026 Contract Campaign

Our unions are bargaining for our next contract, and we’re mobilizing the power of faculty members, grad workers, postdocs, staff, students, and communities behind our demands for a better Rutgers. We’ve centralized our union resources on this page.

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Defend Our Academic Freedom

Strategies and information to protect yourself and each other from potential challenges to our rights as educators.

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When you join our union, you become part of our efforts to maintain the advances we’ve won and to achieve more for everyone we represent.

Union FAQs and Resources

Union members and staff have compiled answers to your questions on a variety of issues.

Our 2022–26 Contracts

Our unions are bargaining for our next contract, and we’re mobilizing the power of faculty members, grad workers, postdocs, staff, students, and communities behind our demands for a better Rutgers. We’ve centralized our union resources on this page.

Who We Are

Rutgers AAUP-AFT is one of the oldest higher ed unions in the country. Learn more about how our half-century of history led to who we are in the present day.

June 2026
Jun 21
Jun 21, 202610:00 am – 12:00 pm
Labor Eyes on ICE Protests Outside Delaney Hall in Newark
Delaney Hall, 451 Doremus Ave
Newark, NJ 07105 United States
Jun 22
Jun 22, 20265:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Stop OMB, Save American Science! Text and Phone Bank
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Jun 23
Jun 23, 20261:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Bargaining Orientation
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Jun 24
Jun 24, 202612:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Bargaining Orientation
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