Rutgers AAUP-AFT
Rutgers AAUP-AFT: 50th Anniversary
Media Statement Senate Majority Leader: “What’s the Point in Adjusting Pay if the Result Leaves in Place the Inequities?” CAMDEN, NJ—Some 75 Rutgers faculty and staff members spoke out on the Camden campus as the university’s Board of Governors met in person on October 6. Inside the meeting, in virtual public comments, professors, students, and …
State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg spoke to the Rutgers Board of Governors meeting on October 6, 2021. Here is the text of her remarks: “Good afternoon. I want to personally thank you and your government relations person, George LeBlanc, for extending this courtesy to me. I understand that this doesn’t comport with your rules …
Media Statement Faculty, Staff, Students to Press Administration to Address “Critical Concerns” When: Wednesday, October 6, 11:30 a.m.Where: In front of Camden Campus Center, 326 Penn St. CAMDEN, NJ—Rutgers University faculty, staff, and students will gather this Wednesday, October 6, to send a message to the Board of Governors as it meets in person on the Camden …
Media Statement Union Leaders Say Salary Equity Program Was “Manipulated” to “Pay as Little as Possible” NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Initial decisions released in salary equity cases at Rutgers University show the administration shortchanged 103 faculty members by at least $750,000 and probably close to $1 million in all, say faculty experts after analyzing the first round …
Media Statement New Coalition Unites Public College and University Workers across All Ranks A new national coalition of higher ed unions and organizations is beginning a “Fall of Action” this week to build support for ambitious higher education legislation under consideration in Congress and to advance an agenda for transforming public colleges and universities. Founded at a two-day …
Media Statement Union Demands “Honest Discussion” about Athletics’ Financial Drain on University NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—For a second time in less than a year, a New Jersey superior court judge has ordered Rutgers University to turn over information about the tens of millions of dollars funneled annually to its money-losing athletics program. Earlier this week, Judge …
Media Statement Summit Draws Hundreds of Higher Ed Workers for Discussion of New Strategies Leaders of unions representing more than 300,000 faculty, adjunct instructors, staff, and graduate workers at colleges and universities around the country are meeting this week for a two-day summit to unite around a strategy for transforming higher education. Summit organizers will hold a …
Media statement: April 7, 2021 “We Finally Got the Administration to Change Direction and Adopt Our People-Centered Approach” NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Some of the largest unions in the Coalition of Rutgers Unions are celebrating an agreement on job security, graduate student support, and other issues that union leaders say represents a new direction after a year …
