Rutgers AAUP-AFT
Rutgers AAUP-AFT: 50th Anniversary
Dear colleague, The first bargaining session for our next contract took place last Tuesday afternoon. The administration has committed to weekly sessions each Tuesday from here on out. After each bargaining session, our union will provide an update, written by a rotating cast of member-observers who are sitting in on negotiations. I’m writing the first …
“I Refuse to Battle Other Grads for Funding that the University Is More than Capable of Providing” NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—As many as 200 Rutgers University graduate students whose research work was disrupted by the pandemic could lose funding as of June 30 and be forced to delay—or even abandon—completing their degrees unless the university administration …
Dear colleague, After months of determined organizing work, our Adjunct Faculty Union colleagues have met their goal of getting a majority of PTLs—members and nonmembers—to sign electronic cards to unite our bargaining units! We’ll be asking President Holloway and the Rutgers administration to recognize us as #OneFaculty. We want to share this message to PTLs from …
Dear colleague, Around 90 of your colleagues have received long-delayed responses from University Compensation Services (UCS) on their applications for salary equity under the program our union negotiated, and we continue to be disappointed with the administration’s handling of this process. Like the 130 faculty who received decisions last September, a majority in this round got …
Dear colleague, The leaked Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade demands an answer from everyone who is dedicated to justice, democracy, and equality. The legal right to choose abortion is in immediate danger, and there can be no doubt that this ruling will be a decisive step toward undoing many other hard-won gains, including gay marriage, …
Dear colleague, As we organize for our demands in our next contract, we’re sure to hear the same refrain we always hear from the administration: Rutgers doesn’t have the money. But a newly published report from our union’s University Budget and Priorities Committee shows that Rutgers does have the money—and plenty of it—to implement “The Priorities We Need …
“Why Is the Administration Deciding to Keep Punishing Our Students?” NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Rutgers University administrators rejected a proposal that would have wiped out as much as $5 million in student debt owed to the university—and students, alumni, and professors at the state university of New Jersey want to know why. Last fall, the nonprofit group …
Takeaway: Click here to sign a statement of support for our contract demands. Download graphics about our demands to use in emails or on social media, or to print out and post on office doors and bulletin boards. Dear colleague, We’re asking every full-time faculty member and grad worker to show your support for our main demands by signing this statement. …
