Updated Union Toolkit
Defend Our Academic Freedom
Strategies and information to protect yourself and each other from potential challenges to our rights as educators.
Fighting for All of Us
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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.
Know Your Rights
Union FAQs and Resources
Union members and staff have compiled answers to your questions on a variety of issues.
Contract Resource Center
Our 2022–26 Contracts
Find the full text of our union contracts with Rutgers, plus guides to the agreements to help you understand your rights.
Our Union History
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.
Member News
Upcoming Events
March 2026
Mar
17
Mar
17,
20265:00 pm – 7:00 pm
John F. Scarpa Academic Center,
3711 Atlantic Ave
Atlantic City, NJ 08401 United States
Atlantic City, NJ 08401 United States
Join fellow union members for rapid response training to address ICE in our communities. Dinner will be provided at 5pm, and the program starts at 6pm. Click here to register.
Mar
18
Mar
18,
20265:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Jersey City Education Association,
1600 John F Kennedy Blvd
Jersey City, 07305 United States
Jersey City, 07305 United States
Join fellow union members for rapid response training to address ICE in our communities. Dinner will be provided at 5pm, and the program starts at 6pm. Click here to register.
*Note that this date was changed from the initial March 4 time to March 18 to accommodate snow and parking concerns.*
Mar
23
Mar
23,
20265:00 pm – 7:00 pm
NJEA Trenton Office,
180 W State Street
Trenton, NJ 08608 United States
Trenton, NJ 08608 United States
Join fellow union members for rapid response training to address ICE in our communities. Dinner will be provided at 5pm, and the program starts at 6pm. Click here to register.
Mar
27
Mar
27,
20262:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Hybrid: Conklin 245 and on Zoom,
175 University Ave.
Newark, NJ 07102
Newark, NJ 07102
Join our biweekly hybrid Newark Chapter Meetings. We will hold the meetings in person at Conklin Hall room 245, with a virtual option. Register here.
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