Member News

Takeaway: Bring your questions to our health and safety town hall meeting this Wednesday, August 25, at 5 p.m. (click here to RSVP). Dear colleague, The latest surge of the pandemic, driven by the Delta variant and uneven levels of vaccination, will bring new challenges for all of us when classes begin next week. We …

Dear colleague, Earlier this week, a New Jersey superior court judge had to order management to turn over information about the tens of millions of dollars funneled annually to its money-losing Rutgers Athletics program. That’s the second time in less than a year that our union had to go to court because the administration was keeping financial information secret …

Takeaway: GET VACCINATED (if you haven’t already)! See below for new developments regarding a vaccine requirement for faculty, including union negotiations over a mandate for health care and public safety workers that hopefully will set a pattern for the rest of us. Bring your questions to our health and safety town hall on Wednesday, August 25, …

Dear colleague, Two months ago, postdoc union members unanimously ratified a new contract that made important gains, including a 17.6 percent increase in the minimum postdoc salary to $50,000 and retroactive payments for eligible postdocs who didn’t get a raise in the previous two school years while management dragged its feet negotiating our contract. Those increases …

Takeaway: You’ll see the canceled raises we won back in your paychecks this week. Read on for information about what to look for when you review your paycheck. Dear colleague, Our paychecks this week will contain the merit raises due in July 2020, which we fought to win back after management tried to cancel them …

Dear colleague, As you probably noticed, there was something missing from your paychecks last week: the merit raises we’ve been waiting a year to get. We won back the raises that management tried to cancel in our fiscal emergency negotiations this spring. Faculty members held up their end of the bargain by dealing with the …

In This Update: 1) If you haven’t received any payments; 2) Two more pieces of advice if you haven’t been paid; 3) The easiest way to set up direct deposit; 4) Transferring funds from a debit card to a bank account; 5) How much you will get in unemployment payments; and 6) The union’s Work-Sharing …

Takeaway: We’re asking you to raise your voice with us and tell management they can’t get away with not paying our raises on time. Please add your name to this petition to President Holloway asking him to make sure our signed agreement with the administration will be honored and we’ll get our deferred raises on time. Dear …