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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…
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Rutgers Union Calls on Indicted Board of Governors Member to Resign
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The Rutgers union representing more than 6,000 full-time faculty members, graduate workers, and others is calling for Rutgers Board of Governors member William Tambussi to resign or be removed from the Board after Tambussi was indicted on racketeering charges alongside powerful South Jersey Democratic Party boss George Norcross, his politically connected attorney brother…
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Higher Ed Unions Send a Message at McCarthyite House Higher Ed Hearing
“A witch-hunt that echoes some of the worst times in this country’s history” WASHINGTON—Members of unions representing tens of thousands of faculty, graduate workers, and others at Rutgers University, the University of California, and Northwestern University sent a message after the House GOP Education and Workforce Committee hearing targeting their campuses on Thursday: “Stop the witch-hunt!” “Dozens…
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Rutgers Unions Rally to “Defend R University”
Members to Mark “Strike-iversary” by Speaking Out Against Cuts and Contract Violations ADVISORYStrike-iversary Speakout and March to Defend Our UniversityWednesday, April 17, 1:30 p.m., Voorhees Mall (behind Scott Hall, 43 College Ave., New Brunswick) The “Strike-iversary” event will start with music and speakers on Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus—site of the large strike rallies…
