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Statement on the Cancellation of Rami Elghandour ENG’01 as Convocation Speaker, School of Engineering, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 2026
The executive councils of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn the withdrawal of Rami Elghandour’s (ENG’01) invitation to serve as the School of Engineering, Rutgers University-New Brunswick (SOE, RU-NB) convocation speaker. This decision by the administration is a politically motivated suppression of expression that undermines rather than advances the free exchange…
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Resolution for May 1 Day of Civic Action and Defense of Higher Education
WHEREAS, Higher education is facing an unprecedented national assault driven by politicians, billionaire donors, and corporate interests who seek to attack academic freedom, decimate scientific research, censor educators, dismantle civil rights protections and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, criminalize and separate immigrant families, persecute trans people, and weaken unions; and WHEREAS, The attack on education…
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Statement on the U.S. War in Iran
We stand opposed to the war of choice that the Trump administration is waging with Iran. While millions of Americans are denied access to healthcare, the US is spending billions to kill civilians, including hundreds of children in Iran, while terrorizing cities and towns at home. No war. No kings. No ICE. Heather Pierce, President,…
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Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union Endorse Analilia Mejia for Congress
The Executive Council of Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union jointly endorse Analilia Mejia in the Democratic primary to represent New Jersey’s 11th Congressional district in the US House of Representatives. As the previous state director for the Working Families Party, political director of SEIU 32BJ, national political director for Bernie Sanders’ 2020…
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Our Union Endorses James Solomon for Mayor of Jersey City
The Rutgers AAUP-AFT Executive Council endorses Councilman James Solomon as the next mayor of Jersey City. Councilman Solomon has a proven track record of supporting affordable development in his city and the rights of tenants. He has built an impressive grassroots campaign focused on making Jersey City an affordable home for working class people, fighting…
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Our Unions Reject the Trump Administration’s “Compact” for Higher Education
The Executive Board of the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union and the Executive Council of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, collectively representing tenure-track, non-tenure-track, and adjunct faculty; graduate workers; postdoctoral researchers; and Educational Opportunity Fund counselors, rejects the US Secretary of Education’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” Accepting the compact—in effect a loyalty oath to the current…
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Defending Our Colleagues from Attacks by the Rutgers Chapter of Turning Point USA
This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray has come under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Their campaign to have Dr. Bray fired has resulted in doxxing and death threats that extended to his partner, Dr. Yesenia Barragan, also our colleague, forcing Drs. Barragan and Bray to leave their home…
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Our Unions Endorse Mikie Sherrill for Governor
In October, Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union approved this statement endorsing US Rep. Mikie Sherrill to be the next governor of New Jersey. The difficult reality is that what rights we can access in America now depends on which states we live in and who our governors are. The federal government is…
