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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…
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Immediately Reinstate CUNY Adjunct Faculty Terminated for Standing with Palestinians
The Rutgers AAUP-AFT Executive Council voted to endorse the following statement: The Rutgers AAUP-AFT Executive Council condemns the recent non-reappointment of three adjunct faculty members and termination of a fourth at the City University of New York (CUNY), in what clearly appears to be retaliation for their public opposition to the ongoing Israeli genocide in…
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Sanctuary Campus and Protections for International Workers – Demands for the Rutgers Administration
The following set of demands was drafted by the International Workers Solidarity Committee and passed by a vote of the AAUP-AFT Executive Council. 1. The Rutgers administration must not share data related to faculty, students, and staff with any law enforcement, including campus police or federal agencies (like HSI, DHS, and ICE) without a judicial…
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Resolution on Divestment from Genocide in Gaza
Members of Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union passed the following resolution in a December 2024 vote. In the AAUP-AFT, 58 percent of members who cast a ballot voted yes, 38 percent voted no, and 4 percent abstained, on 42 percent turnout. In the Adjunct Faculty Union, 62 percent voted yes, 34 percent…
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EC Statement on Enforcing Recommendations of the Report from the Joint University Task Force on Caste Discrimination at Rutgers
Our most recent contract with the Rutgers administration established a grievance procedure for victims of caste discrimination and created a joint University Task Force on Caste Discrimination consider any needed policy changes for all members of the Rutgers Community. Particularly, this joint Task Force would “examine issues of caste discrimination impacting students and members of…
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Open Letter to President Holloway Regarding Rutgers’ New Restrictions on Free Expression
From the Rutgers AAUP-AFT Executive Council Dear President Holloway, We are aware of the rash of restrictions on free expression announced by the Rutgers University administration. These restrictions have been decided on unilaterally, without input from stakeholders at the university. They participate in what the AAUP has described as a wave of “overly restrictive policies”…
