Rutgers AAUP-AFT
Rutgers AAUP-AFT: 50th Anniversary
Click Here to Take the Pledge! Dear colleague, After more than half a year of bargaining, the Holloway administration continues dragging its feet on our contract. It’s clear that they have no interest in settling an agreement any time soon, let alone a fair contract that addresses our needs and the needs of our students. We need …
Takeaway: Sign up for Strike School! Click here to register for two virtual 90-minute training sessions being held multiple times from January 25 through February 24. Dear colleague, Higher ed workers from the University of California to The New School have been going on strike to win better wages and dignity on the job. Currently, faculty at …
Dear colleague, Welcome back to another semester. We hope you got some rest, because we have a fight ahead of us. We’re sure management’s insulting salary offer is fresh in your mind. After waiting more than half a year, we learned that the administration thinks we deserve a 5 percent salary CUT once inflation is taken into account. Nothing …
Dear colleague, We’re sending our love and solidarity to all of you at the end of another challenging semester, along with our best wishes for the holidays and our break. Please take time to recharge; we’re going to need all of us working together to win the strong contract we need and deserve. Management has dragged …
Dear colleague, We have been working with students and our community partners to develop proposals for our university to serve the common good, on our campuses and beyond their borders. At our next bargaining session on Tuesday, December 13, we will be presenting a new contract article reflecting the urgent needs of students and the communities that …
Dear colleague, After half a year of bargaining in good faith, we finally got management’s insulting counter-offer to our proposal for a fair salary increase for all of us, including a living wage for grad workers. The administration is proposing a 2.25 percent raise for this school year and 2 percent in each of the next three years. …
Dear colleague, It may have been wet and cold, but yesterday was a beautiful day for our unions! We joined together with our students and staff and faculty colleagues on four campuses for rallies that sent our message loud and clear: We’re fed up with hearing “no” from the administration, and we want a fair …
Takeaway: Find out where we stand with our contract proposals with the online Bargaining Status at a Glance page. Download this abridged version and post it. Fill out this form if you’re interested in attending a future large bargaining session. Dear colleague, In May, we presented an ambitious set of proposals for bargaining our next contract. We shared a summary of them with …
