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Media Statements

Media Statement from Prof. Deepa Kumar

October 15, 2020

Below is a statement from Prof. Deepa Kumar, one of the plaintiffs in a pay equity lawsuit, appearing at an October 15 press conference. She is a Professor of Journalism and Media Studies in the School of Communication and Information, with 16 years at Rutgers University. My name is Deepa Kumar, and I am a …

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Media Statement from Prof. Nancy Wolff

October 15, 2020

Below is the statement from Prof. Nancy Wolff, one of the plaintiffs in a pay equity lawsuit, appearing at an October 15 press conference. She is a Distinguished Professor in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and Director of the Bloustein Center for Survey Research, with 29 years at Rutgers University. My name is …

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Media Statement from Prof. Judith Storch

October 15, 2020

Below is a statement from Prof. Judith Storch, one of the plaintiffs in a pay equity lawsuit, appearing at an October 15 press conference. She is a Distinguished Professor of Nutritional Sciences in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, with 28 years at Rutgers University. I’m Judy Storch, Distinguished Professor in the Nutritional Sciences …

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Female Rutgers Professors File Suit for Equal Pay

October 15, 2020

Press Conference: Thursday, October 15, 1 p.m. Administration Delaying Equity Program, Say Plaintiffs; “We Want Fairness and Equal Pay for Equal Work” NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Half a century after the late US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg won a settlement in a pay equity lawsuit filed with her female colleagues against Rutgers University-Newark, faculty at …

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Rutgers Unions Challenge Administration’s “Fiscal Emergency” Claim

October 8, 2020

Press statement: October 8, 2020 Arbitration to Begin over Salary Freeze, Violation of Union Contracts NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Arbitration hearings will begin Friday, October 9, as unions at Rutgers University challenge the administration’s declaration last June of a “fiscal emergency” to justify breaking labor contracts and canceling or freezing raises due July 1, 2020. The university is obligated …

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#March4RLivesRJobsRSchools Brings Together Unions, Students, Community

September 28, 2020

Press Statement: September 28 NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Several hundred Rutgers University faculty, staff, and students and members of the community came together in person along with thousands online for a safe, socially distanced #March4RLivesRJobsRSchools through downtown New Brunswick on Saturday, September 26.  The demonstration was organized by an ad hoc alliance of Rutgers unions, student groups, …

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Rutgers Unions, Students, Community to March for “RLivesRJobsRSchools”

September 25, 2020

Press Statement: September 25 When: Saturday, September 26, starting at 3 p.m.Where: New Brunswick, gathering at Lincoln Annex School, 165 Somerset (see planned march route below) NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Rutgers unions, students, and community members will participate in a safe, socially distanced March4RLivesRJobsRSchools in New Brunswick, starting with a speakout at Lincoln Annex middle school (165 …

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How Unions Fought to Restore Full Funding for Rutgers

September 23, 2020

Press Statement: September 23 “We Didn’t Take Austerity for an Answer,” Say Union Leaders NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Threatened cuts in higher education were reversed in state budget legislation that largely returns appropriations for Rutgers University to pre-pandemic levels for the 2020–21 fiscal year, according to the Coalition of Rutgers Unions.  The Coalition, which mobilized its 20,000 members in …

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