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Takeaway: 1) If you are a Principal Investigator (PI) with grant-funded positions, read the latter part of this email for detailed instructions on how to make sure you get grant and startup funds restored. 2) Sign up to join our union when we visit administration officials to demand they abide our contracts: Monday, August 14, 12 p.m., …

Takeaway: Sign up to join an action on Monday, August 14, at 12 p.m. at the offices of Chief Financial Officer J. Michael Gower and EVPAA Prabhas Moghe in Winants Hall (7 College Ave., New Brunswick) to protest the administration’s violations of our contract. Dear colleague, We hope you’ve been getting some rest this summer, but we’re …

Dear colleague, Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick will go on strike tomorrow (Friday, August 4) if their demands are not met. Our union’s Executive Council has issued a statement of solidarity supporting the nurses and protesting strike-breaking tactics by the Rutgers administration. Join a contingent of our members on the picket line at 7 a.m. tomorrow outside …

Takeaway: Our legislation to fix the fringe rate is closer to being finalized. Dear colleague, On Friday, June 30, 2023, the Senate version of the bill, S2747, passed the full Senate by a vote of 36-1. However, its counterpart in the Assembly stalled on Friday, not getting to a final vote. The Assembly bill, A4164, …

Dear colleague, We hope you had some time off over the long weekend. We’re writing to update you on the next salary increase that we won in our new contract; the increase that took effect on July 1st. Vivian Fernandez, Senior Vice President for Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness, has informed us that this pay increase …

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 …