Rutgers AAUP-AFT
Rutgers AAUP-AFT: 50th Anniversary
Dear colleague, Earlier this afternoon, you received a “Second Update on Labor Negotiations” that makes misleading statements about our right to withhold our labor if necessary to win a fair contract and a better Rutgers. We are disappointed that President Holloway chose to misinform the Rutgers community this afternoon—our students included—instead of joining us at the …
Dear colleague, Tomorrow, President Holloway will give his budget address to the University Senate. With Rutgers prospering during the pandemic and the administration’s unrestricted reserves climbing to a new high of $818.6 million, you’d expect President Holloway to be cheerful about our university’s financial health. Unfortunately, we expect a gloomier speech. President Holloway and members of his administration have …
Takeaway: Take the 2023 Strike Pledge (if you haven’t already) to show management we are ready to act to win a fair contract. Join students, our community allies, and your colleagues for a Housing Justice Town Hall on Wednesday, February 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the College Avenue Community Church, 100 College Ave. Click here to RSVP. Click …
Click here to take the pledge! Dear colleague, We are not alone in fighting for a fair contract. Across the country, higher ed labor is organizing, striking—and winning. These important victories show that when we fight, we can win. And none of them would have happened without union members refusing to accept delays and rejecting inadequate …
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 …
Dear colleague, We were deeply disappointed by President Holloway’s State of the University address to the University Senate last Friday. Responding to questions from senators, he said our united faculty’s demand for equal pay for equal work was “a powerful phrase that is compelling on its surface, and it ignores the layers of complexity underneath it.” …
Dear colleague, Our union has been warning for months that as many as 200 graduate students whose work was disrupted by the pandemic could lose funding as of June 30 unless the administration guarantees funding extensions. Since February, we’ve raised this impending deadline and the grave consequences for grad students at meetings and bargaining sessions with management. Each time, we …
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 …
