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Union Leaders Call on Rutgers, Higher Ed to Reject Trump Administration “Compact”
Trump’s “Loyalty Oath” Would Undermine Freedom to Teach and Learn NEW BRUNSWICK—Three unions representing more than 10,000 educators, researchers, clinicians, and others at Rutgers University are calling on the university to reject the Trump administration’s “compact” offered to higher education, saying that it would stifle the freedom to teach and learn at the center of…
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Federal Judge Rules That Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Targeting International Scholars
Rutgers Union Was Plaintiff in Landmark Free Speech Suit Rutgers AAUP-AFT President Rebecca Givan said the union was proud to participate. “Our courageous noncitizen members stepped up and shared their experiences of losing their ability to speak freely because of the chilling effect of Trump administration policy,” Givan said. “Our unions and associations are fighting…
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Unions and Community Groups to Rally for Education, Research, and Health Care
Ras Baraka and Randi Weingarten Featured Speakers at National Day of Action Event WHEN: Tuesday, April 8, 4–5 p.m.WHERE: Military Park (51 Park Place) NEWARK—Members of New Jersey education and other unions will be joined by organizations representing the state’s vulnerable communities at a 4 p.m. rally in Newark’s Military Park (51 Park Place) on…
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Rutgers Union Joins First Amendment Lawsuit over Trump Administration Threats to International Scholars
AAUP, Middle East Studies Association, Knight Institute Sue Over Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport Students and Faculty for Lawful Speech BOSTON—The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations…
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Rutgers Unions to Speak Out against Trump Attacks on Research and Higher Education
National Day of Action Will Protest Cuts to Life-Saving Research and Critical Programs Speakouts – Wednesday, February 19 NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Scientists, educators, and staff at Rutgers University will gather for speakouts as part of a national day of campus actions on Wednesday, February 19, to call attention to the devastating impact that the Trump administration’s…
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Rutgers Unions Call on Court to Dismiss Anti-Labor Lawsuit
“This is a politically motivated attack to silence education unions” NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Unions representing more than 10,000 educators, researchers, clinicians, and others at Rutgers University will ask a Middlesex County Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks financial damages from the unions, union leaders, and union members who went on a five-day strike…
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Union Statement about Rutgers President Holloway Stepping Down
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Todd Wolfson, president of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, the union representing 6,000 full-time faculty, graduate workers, and others at Rutgers University, and the national president of the Association of American University Professors (AAUP), issued the following statement about President Jonathan Holloway’s announcement that he was stepping down at the end of the 2024–25 academic year:…
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Rutgers Union Hails Court’s Decision to Immediately Remove Bill Tambussi, George Norcross’ Indicted Lawyer, from the Board of Governors
Todd Wolfson, President of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, the union representing full-time Rutgers faculty members, issued the following statement in response to a Middlesex County Superior Court judge’s ruling immediately removing George Norcross’ indicted personal lawyer, Bill Tambussi, from the Rutgers Board of Governors. The union filed its suit earlier this year because Tambussi was violating a…
