Rutgers AAUP-AFT
Rutgers AAUP-AFT: 50th Anniversary
Dear colleague, Our union elections wrapped up today, and we’re pleased to introduce the excellent team that has been elected to lead our union into the coming year. Please join us in congratulating all the new and ongoing university-wide officers, members of the Executive Council, and chapter leadership team members elected from each campus. (Only …
Takeaway: The S2747/A4164 joint bill to fix the fringe rate is set for a full vote tomorrow in both the State Senate and General Assembly. If you haven’t already, click here to send a message to your legislators asking them to vote “yes”! Dear colleague, Our effort to win legislation to permanently fix New Jersey’s inflated fringe …
Takeaway: Click here to send a message to your legislators in New Jersey asking them to vote “yes” on the A4164/S2747 joint bill to fix the fringe rate. Dear colleague, Our push to pass legislation that will permanently fix New Jersey’s inflated fringe benefit rate is coming down to this final week of the legislative session before …
Takeaway: 1) If you haven’t already, send a message to the State Senate President and Assembly Speaker asking them to support legislation to fix the fringe rate and make sure it comes to a final vote in the Senate and State Assembly next week! Dear colleague, Assembly Bill 4164—legislation our unions helped shape that would permanently fix the …
Takeaway: 1) Click here to send a letter to top management protesting a breach of our new contracts on the funding of raises. 2) If you are a Principal Investigator or grant-based researcher, fill out a survey about raises incorrectly paid from previously budgeted grants. Dear colleague, The Rutgers administration has sent a memo stating that departments and schools would be …
Dear colleague, We won several improvements around parking registration at Rutgers in our recently ratified contract. The changes go into effect on July 1, so we want to explain some new options that you may want to act on before then. We anticipate that these options will soon be clear on the Rutgers website linked …
Takeaway: Our adjunct colleagues were drastically underpaid in their retro checks last Friday, and some got no retro pay at all. Sign this petition to President Holloway demanding that the administration honor the terms of our union contracts. Dear colleague, University Human Resources made a mess of retro pay for all of us, but our adjunct colleagues …
Dear colleague, During contract negotiations, our unions and student and community allies agreed to establish a Beloved Community Fund, with initial funding of $600,000 from the New Jersey state government. Though President Holloway and his administration reneged on a previous commitment to also contribute to the Fund, our members voted during contract negotiations to ask everyone …
