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Bargaining Update # 9 – June 3, 2026
TL;DR Our unified bargaining team met with management in Newark on June 3. Their response to our April 30th proposals regarding the School of Nursing and the School of Health Professions was to reject essentially everything we had proposed. We told them this was not how bargaining was done and told them to come back…
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Bargaining Update #8 – May 21, 2026
TL;DR Our united bargaining team met with management on May 21. The wide-ranging discussions focused on our proposed Patent Policy to reverse increasingly excessive patent royalty cuts; a side letter to enforce and humanize disability accommodations; eliminating oppressive non-compete clauses for doctors; aligning Title IX grievance procedures with a new NJ Supreme Court ruling; and…
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Bargaining Update #7 – May 19, 2026
TL;DR Our united bargaining team met with management on May 19 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. We advanced crucial protections for non-tenure track (NTT) faculty by presenting changed language for Article 27 (NTTs), introducing a landmark proposal for Article 28 (Fractional NTTs), and presenting revisions to Article 11A (NTT Reappointments/Promotions) and Article 26B (Termination for Cause). We also received…
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Bargaining Update #6 – May 12, 2026
TL;DR In today’s session, we introduced two new articles, one concerning EOF counselors and the other Post-docs. Additionally, we presented Article 9, which deals with grievance procedures, and Article 16, which outlines our position on leaves and caregiver support. Other developments included a preview of management’s concerns about the Academic Freedom proposal, and their request…
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Bargaining Update #5 – May 7, 2026
TL;DR In today’s session, we received an informal verbal rejection of Article 3, Recognition, which would put all of us into a single bargaining unit and one contract. We continued to negotiate Article 4– Prohibited Discrimination and Prohibited Harassment; there are disagreements with management about whether and how to codify “caste.” We presented Article 7…
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Bargaining Update #4 – April 30, 2026
TL;DR Our bargaining team formally put three articles across the table: Article 30B for the School of Nursing, focusing on eliminating the disparities between the BHSNJ and AAUP-AFT faculty who do the same work under grossly unequal terms; Article 40B for the School of Health Professions, addressing the need for a balanced workload across teaching,…
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Bargaining Update #3 – April 17, 2026
TL;DR Our united bargaining team put four articles “across the table” last Friday: Article 12 – Teaching Assistants/Graduate Assistants/Fellows; Article 5 – Deduction of Professional Dues; Article 9 – Miscellaneous (Parking); Article 21 – University Procedures. Management presented a counter proposal for Article 6, and after a lengthy bargaining session, we reached a tentative agreement…
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Bargaining Update #2 – April 10, 2026
TL;DR Our united bargaining team put six articles “across the table” last Thursday: Article 2 Academic Freedom; Article 4 Non-discrimination; Article 6 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Article 25A Sabbaticals; Article (NEW) Professional Development For Fractional NTTs; and Article (NEW) Department & Campus Provisions for Fractional NTTS. (The latter two were formerly Lecturer contract articles.) Management…
