Rutgers AAUP-AFT
Rutgers AAUP-AFT: 50th Anniversary
Dear colleague, We are writing to let you know that the Holloway administration has once again undermined the Salary Equity Program we won in our 2018–22 contract—another in a growing list of outrages this summer. Despite committing earlier this year to a renegotiated process, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Prabhas Moghe and other top administration officials failed to follow …
Dear colleague, The Fall semester hasn’t even started, and President Holloway’s administration has sparked anger at their undemocratic and insulting behavior. Many of you will know about the latest example: Holloway has forced out Rutgers-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor despite her strong support on campus and from Mayor Ras Baraka and the Newark community. Twenty-seven of our faculty members …
Dear colleague, The Newark chapter of Rutgers AAUP-AFT stands with the faculty, students, and staff of Rutgers-Newark and the broader Newark community in denouncing the sudden and unjustified ousting of Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The dismissal of Chancellor Cantor reflects a continuing dismissal of issues of racial justice and campus equity that have characterized President Holloway’s …
Dear colleague, We’re writing to faculty members with information for Principal Investigators (PI) about our efforts to stop the administration from violating their contractual obligation to centrally fund raises for grant-funded faculty, postdocs, and graduate workers. If you are a PI, please read on—and contact us at aaup@rutgersaaup.org if you have any questions. As we wrote last week, we met …
Takeaway: 1) Sign up to join an action TODAY (Monday, August 14) at 12 p.m. at Winants Hall (7 College Ave., New Brunswick) to protest the administration’s violations of our contract. 2) If you can’t make it to New Brunswick, protest on social media between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. today; see below for what to post. …
Dear colleague, Last month, the Rutgers Board of Governors convened a special meeting to approve a 6 percent tuition increase, along with similar increases in housing and food service costs. Our union opposes this cruel decision at a time when our students and their families are enduring the highest inflation rate in 40 years, while Rutgers continues …
Takeaway: 1) If you are a Principal Investigator (PI) with grant-funded positions, read the latter part of this email for detailed instructions on how to make sure you get grant and startup funds restored. 2) Sign up to join our union when we visit administration officials to demand they abide our contracts: Monday, August 14, 12 p.m., …
Takeaway: Sign up to join an action on Monday, August 14, at 12 p.m. at the offices of Chief Financial Officer J. Michael Gower and EVPAA Prabhas Moghe in Winants Hall (7 College Ave., New Brunswick) to protest the administration’s violations of our contract. Dear colleague, We hope you’ve been getting some rest this summer, but we’re …