Bargaining Updates

  • Adjunct Bargaining Update – July 18, 2022

    By Amy Higer, President, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union (PTLFC-AAUP-AFT) The following was presented as an introduction to the bargaining session. We are going to present our proposal for Article 4

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  • Bargaining Session #9 – July 12, 2022

    By Mich Ling, Grad Worker Steering Committee, Rutgers AAUP-AFT Takeaways There is still no clear commitment from the university to fund extensions for grads who received letters of non-appointment on

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  • Bargaining Session #8 – June 28, 2022

    By Paul O’Keefe, Executive Council, Rutgers AAUP-AFT Takeaways The administration once again told us they were “gathering information” on the funding status of graduate students whose work was disrupted and

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  • Bargaining Update #6 – June 21, 2022

    By Andy Urban, Vice President, New Brunswick Chapter, Rutgers AAUP-AFT Takeaways Our union presented revised contract language for Articles 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27,

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  • Bargaining Update #5 – June 14, 2022

    By Paul O’Keefe, Assistant Teaching Professor, Geography, Executive Council Member, Rutgers AAUP-AFT Takeaways Article 28, which proposes to reclassify PTL appointments, was introduced. At its heart is the fundamental principle

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  • Bargaining Update #4 – June 7, 2022

    By Paul O’Keefe, Executive Council, Rutgers AAUP-AFT Takeaways This session was centered around non-tenure track (NTT) faculty at Rutgers, specifically the introduction of a new article and the amendment of

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  • Bargaining Update #3 – May 31, 2022

    By Danyel Ferrari, Chair, Media and Narrative Committee, Rutgers AAUP-AFT Takeaways For this session of bargaining, we revisited the #OneFaculty union proposal. The units of PTLs and full-time faculty and

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  • Bargaining Update #1 – May 17, 2022

    By Andy Urban, Vice President, New Brunswick Chapter, Rutgers AAUP-AFT Below is a report from the first bargaining session for our next contract. After each session, our union will provide

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