Rutgers AAUP-AFT
Rutgers AAUP-AFT: 50th Anniversary
Dear colleague, We’re holding our first Freedom School of the semester this Thursday, February 4, at 7 p.m. The topic is an important one for our union; Chenjerai Kumayika and Donna Murch will host a discussion of “Why R Budget Matters: RCM and Campus Austerity.” A range of speakers from across our campuses will address …
Dear colleague, Welcome to the Spring semester; we really hope you were able to take a break. All of us have faced many challenges since the start of the pandemic, and there will be more ahead. But if we start this week and this semester with a sense of hope, one big reason why is …
Dear colleague, Yesterday, our union’s Executive Council voted to join other unions in our Coalition in negotiating with the university over a work-sharing program and job security. We will propose to management that our members accept a weekly half-day furlough (the equivalent of one afternoon a week, worth over $10 million in savings from our …
Takeaway: You can send a message to the RCM Review Committee about your personal experiences with RCM—click this link to get an email template. Dear colleague, As we wrote last week, Rutgers asked for our opinions about RCM (Responsibility Center Management), the budgeting system left over from the Barchi era that siphons off resources from …
Dear colleague, With the Spring semester starting soon and the pandemic still surging, health and safety concerns are at the front of everyone’s minds—all the more so after President Holloway revealed that he has contracted COVID-19 (we wish him a speedy recovery). Our union is working to keep all of us safe and well, whether you’ve been …
Dear colleague, On Monday, you received an email from Rutgers asking your opinion about management’s budgeting system, known as RCM (Responsibility Center Management). Well…we have something to say about RCM, don’t we?!? Whoever wrote the survey you were asked to fill out doesn’t seem to know much about what we do. In a question about our …
