Alan Maass

  • A Victory in Our Legal Fight to Protect International Scholars and All of Our Rights

    Dear colleague, A federal judge has put sharp restrictions on the Trump administration’s ability to punish noncitizen scholars for pro-Palestinian advocacy as the result of a First Amendment lawsuit in which Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the national AAUP were plaintiffs. Judge William Young’s court order in AAUP v. Rubio is one of the most important legal challenges yet against…

  • Celebrate MLK Day! March in Newark at 12pm – Bernie Sanders/Analilia Mejia Rally at 6pm

    Dear colleague, We hope you’ll join us at a campaign rally for Analilia Mejia this coming Monday to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders and other great speakers say why they support Analilia becoming the next member of Congress from New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District. The Monday, January 19, rally is at William Paterson University’s Shea Center for the…

  • Salary Equity Program Info Session – Tuesday, January 13, 12pm

    Dear colleague, Happy New Year! Over the past year, some of you have expressed concerns about being underpaid compared to colleagues of equivalent rank and accomplishment. In our 2018–22 union contract, we won a groundbreaking Salary Equity Program to address pay inequities for full-time faculty members—and we have continued to negotiate improvements in the process in the…

  • Rutgers Unions Endorse Analilia Mejia in House Special Election

    NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Two unions representing more than 8,000 educators and researchers at Rutgers University have endorsed Analilia Mejia for Congress in the Democratic primary for the special election to replace Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill. The unions—Rutgers AAUP-AFT, which represents full-time faculty, graduate workers, postdocs, and counselors, and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, which represents adjunct faculty—will…

  • Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union Endorse Analilia Mejia for Congress

    The Executive Council of Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union jointly endorse Analilia Mejia in the Democratic primary to represent  New Jersey’s 11th Congressional district in the US House of Representatives. As the previous state director for the Working Families Party, political director of SEIU 32BJ, national political director for Bernie Sanders’ 2020…

  • Applications for the Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships Are Open

    Dear colleague, The Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs has announced the call for nominations for the 2026–27 Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships—an important program that our unions won in our current contract. We encourage members to apply for the fellowships, which honor the legacy of Dr. Wall, a dedicated union member, a friend and colleague…

  • Protecting Your Academic Freedom in the Classroom and Beyond – A Toolkit

    In the context of growing polarization and political extremism in the U.S., faculty are frequently facing accusations of political bias and being accused in the classroom of exceeding boundaries of legal or permissible speech. Increasingly, right-wing groups like Campus Reform, Campus Watch, and Turning Point USA directly or indirectly encourage students to lodge such accusations…

  • Our Union Endorses James Solomon for Mayor of Jersey City

    The Rutgers AAUP-AFT Executive Council endorses Councilman James Solomon as the next mayor of Jersey City. Councilman Solomon has a proven track record of supporting affordable development in his city and the rights of tenants. He has built an impressive grassroots campaign focused on making Jersey City an affordable home for working class people, fighting…