Rutgers AAUP-AFT
Rutgers AAUP-AFT: 50th Anniversary
Takeaway: Come hear President Holloway at the online University Senate meeting this Friday at 1:10 p.m. (click here for the link)—and help us get our questions answered. Change your Zoom profile picture for the meeting to our “Pay Equity Now!” graphic. For resources and articles to read before the meeting, see below. Dear colleague, President Holloway is …
Dear colleague, Dozens of grad workers in the Physics and Astronomy department in SAS-New Brunswick haven’t been paid for nearly a month since the semester began. This is an unambiguous violation of state labor laws. Please let SAS Executive Dean Peter March know that he needs to undo this harm by cutting physical checks for …
Takeaway: Management has undermined our salary equity program for more than two years—and they still haven’t issued the first decisions. Enough is enough! We won’t meet with management on this issue until the initial decision letters go out. Let’s send them a message at our in-person, outdoors speakout at the Board of Governors meeting in Camden on …
Dear colleague, New Jersey and New York were hit hard by the remnants of Hurricane Ida earlier this month, and some of our colleagues suffered damage to their homes, vehicles, and property that it will take help to recover from. The toll from this storm hit home in the Rutgers community: the mother of a …
Dear colleague, We have a chance to advance our goals for higher education nationally if we can get our priorities included in the budget reconciliation legislation being considered by Congress. This is an important moment, and the legislator who needs to hear from us is Senator Patty Murray of Washington state. Murray is the chair …
Dear colleagues, We hope you’ve heard about the bombshell investigation published by NorthJersey.com that exposes the financial disaster of Rutgers Athletics—and the lengths that management’s top accountants and lawyers went to keep it quiet. In a follow-up article published yesterday, Gov. Phil Murphy added his voice to the state political figures who think Rutgers needs to answer some …
Takeaway: As the school year begins, we have a lot to talk about as a union! Please read below for important information on: Protecting Our Health and Safety Campus Chapter Meetings Faculty Pay Equity Taking Our Struggle Nationwide Dear colleague, Welcome back! We hope you found time this summer to relax and enjoy yourselves. We …
Dear colleague, On Thursday, September 2, at 7 p.m., we’ll hold our first Freedom School of the new school year on “Seizing the Moment: Budget Reconciliation and Higher Ed Now.” Click here to RSVP for the Zoom link, invite your colleagues and friends, and share the Facebook page. We’re holding a Freedom School on this topic because of the …