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Bargaining Update #25 – February 15, 2023
By Danyel Ferrari, New Brunswick Chapter, Rutgers AAUP-AFT This was the 25th bargaining session. Counters from Office of University Labor Relations (OULR) on PTL (Part-Time Lecturers) contract articles—Article 6 on appointments, Article 8 on personnel files, and Article 11 on Professional Development—were discussed. In addition, the full-time unit’s Winter/Summer Instructor contract proposal was introduced for…
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Bargaining Update #24 – February 13, 2023
By Andrés Morera, Vice President for Postdoctoral Associates, Rutgers AAUP-AFT This was the fourth bargaining session of 2023. Our previous session took place on February 9th, where Articles 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22, 25, and Appendices E and H were discussed. During this session, we presented proposed changes to the postdoc contract…
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Bargaining Update #23 – February 9, 2023
By K. Sebastian León, Executive Council, Rutgers AAUP-AFT This was the third bargaining session of 2023. Our previous session took place on February 6, where Articles 8, 25, 9, 10, and 11 were discussed. The February 6 bargaining session was hybrid, with a combination of in-person and remote/virtual participants. Today’s meeting was focused on a…
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Bargaining Update #22 – February 2, 2023
By Nusrath Yusuf, Graduate Steering Committee/Executive Council, Rutgers AAUP-AFT Takeaways Positives This is the first session we’ve had so far that went on for four hours and was conducted hybrid. Previous scheduled sessions were for two hours and were all on Zoom. A lot of the first half of the session was going over logistics.…
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Bargaining Update #21 – January 13, 2023
By Paul O’Keefe, Executive Council, Rutgers AAUP-AFT We had a short, sharp, and (whisper it) productive start to bargaining in the new year. We remain without a contract, so any progress toward this goal should be considered positive. On the last Friday morning of winter break, I observed our team and management meet to discuss grievance…
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Bargaining Update #20 – December 20, 2022
By K. Sebastian León, Executive Council, Rutgers AAUP-AFT The final bargaining session of the calendar year was structured around two articles: Article 6 – Diversity, Race, and Gender and Article 16 – Parental, Medical and Caregiver Leaves and Support. Article 6 offers a critical method of converting prescriptive DEI commitments into measurable action. Article 16…
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Bargaining Update #19 – December 13, 2022
By Ryan Womack, Member, Rutgers AAUP-AFT The primary topic of discussion at this week’s meeting was the union’s introduction of a new article titled “For the Common Good of the Beloved Community.” After a brief update during which management indicated they were still in the process of preparing counters to prior union proposals, substantive discussion…
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Bargaining Update #18 – December 6, 2022
By Whitney Strub, Department Rep (History, Newark), Rutgers AAUP-AFT The planned focus of today’s session was on Article 10 and Article 11 release language (for settlement of grievances), an Article 22 counter (regarding earned-vacation accrual carryover), and a union response to management’s proposed Appendix H (pertaining to faculty and grad worker suspensions). However, this agenda…
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