Update on the Situation on the College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick
Dear colleague, Many of you will already know this, but we want to update all of you on the situation with the student-led encampment on College Avenue. Early this morning, New Brunswick Chancellor Francine Conway canceled finals taking place on the College Avenue campus through 12 noon. The student organizers of the encampment fear that arrests…
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Union Statement on the Student Protest in New Brunswick
The executive bodies of Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union have issued the following statement about the protest encampment set up on Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus in New Brunswick: Our unions support and defend our students’ and our members’ rights to free speech, free assembly, and free expression. If our…
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Our Defense of Our Students’ and Members’ Rights to Free Speech
Dear colleague, This afternoon, students and others in the Rutgers community have set up an encampment on Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus in New Brunswick, in support of demands related to Israel-Palestine. Our unions have not taken a position on their demands, but we have consistently defended our students’ and our members’ academic…
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Wednesday, May 1 – No to Adjunct Layoffs, Bigger Classes, and Budget Cuts!
What You Can Do: Click here and fill out this form if you can attend the Wednesday, May 1, grade-in outside SAS Executive Dean Juli Wade’s office from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.—or if you plan to attend the virtual SAS all-faculty meeting starting at 10 a.m. Click here to send emails to President Holloway and Chancellor…
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Sunday, April 28, 1pm, New Brunswick – Workers Memorial Day Rally and March
Dear colleague, We’re writing to union members who live in the New Brunswick area to invite you to the annual Workers Memorial Day Rally and March sponsored by our community allies in New Labor. The rally and march is this Sunday, April 28, from 1–3 p.m., starting from New Labor’s office at 55 Paterson Street in New Brunswick. Click…
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Our Outrage at the Vandalism of the Center for Islamic Life in New Brunswick
Dear colleague, We are heartbroken and outraged at the vandalism of the Center for Islamic Life on College Avenue in New Brunswick. This act of hate took place in the early morning hours of Eid al-Fitr. “Today,” the Center’s Chairwoman, Atiyah Aftab, said in a statement, “we witnessed art pieces with Quranic verses [smashed], shattered windows,…
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Rutgers Unions Rally to “Defend R University”
Members to Mark “Strike-iversary” by Speaking Out Against Cuts and Contract Violations ADVISORYStrike-iversary Speakout and March to Defend Our UniversityWednesday, April 17, 1:30 p.m., Voorhees Mall (behind Scott Hall, 43 College Ave., New Brunswick) The “Strike-iversary” event will start with music and speakers on Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus—site of the large strike rallies…
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Stop the Cuts, Defend Our University! – Join Us for Strike-iversary Next Wed, April 17
What You Can Do: Click here to send emails to Rutgers-New Brunswick Chancellor Francine Conway and President Jonathan Holloway protesting the drastic cuts in the New Brunswick Writing Program. Join us at Strike-iversary on Wednesday, April 17, at 1:30 p.m. on Voorhees Mall (behind Scott Hall, 43 College Ave.) for a speakout followed by a march…