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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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.

May 2026
May 11
May 11, 202612:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Bargaining Orientation
On Zoom,
If you are interested in attending bargaining sessions for the Rutgers AAUP-AFT, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, and AAUP-BHSNJ, please join our mandatory bargaining orientation hosted by the Unified Bargaining Committee of the three unions. Look to your union email for links to join.
May 11
May 11, 20267:00 pm – 8:30 pm
AFTNJ Statewide Unemployment Workshop
Join AFTNJ on Zoom, Monday, May 11th at 7pm for a 90-minute workshop that will walk you through the application process, how you are assessed for benefits, what your benefit amount will be, and what to do if you are denied following the submission of your application. The workshop will help in avoiding common errors that delay benefits or result in determinations of ineligibility.
The workshop is suitable for both full time and adjunct faculty who will not be re-employed in the fall or will experience a 20% or greater drop in work in the fall term. Please fill out this form to receive the Zoom link.
May 12
May 12, 20265:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Bargaining Orientation
On Zoom,
If you are interested in attending bargaining sessions for the Rutgers AAUP-AFT, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, and AAUP-BHSNJ, please join our mandatory bargaining orientation hosted by the Unified Bargaining Committee of the three unions. Look to your union email for links to join.
May 13
May 13, 20262:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Bargaining Orientation
On Zoom,
If you are interested in attending bargaining sessions for the Rutgers AAUP-AFT, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, and AAUP-BHSNJ, please join our mandatory bargaining orientation hosted by the Unified Bargaining Committee of the three unions. Look to your union email for links to join.

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