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Statement of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT Executive Council on Israel and Palestine
We on the Executive Council of Rutgers AAUP-AFT mourn the loss of life in Palestine and Israel, recognize the climate of fear in our communities, and express our common desire for peace and universal respect for human rights. We are focused, first of all, on our duties as educators. We reaffirm our commitment to the…
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Newark Chapter Statement on the Unjustified Ousting of Chancellor Nancy Cantor
Dear colleague, The Newark chapter of Rutgers AAUP-AFT stands with the faculty, students, and staff of Rutgers-Newark and the broader Newark community in denouncing the sudden and unjustified ousting of Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The dismissal of Chancellor Cantor reflects a continuing dismissal of issues of racial justice and campus equity that have characterized President Holloway’s…
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Solidarity with the Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
We, the Executive Council of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, stand in solidarity with the Nurses of USW Local 4-200 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH). Nurses at RWJUH are fighting for safe-staffing levels and fair compensation, among other critical demands. If these important goals are not reached through collective negotiations, the nurses will begin a strike…
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We Support Seton Hall Students’ Defense of Their Africana Studies Program
The Executive Board of the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union and Executive Council of Rutgers AAUP-AFT congratulate students at Seton Hall University for their recent victory in the ongoing fight to defend the university’s Africana Studies program—one of the oldest in the country. On the heels of a May walkout and occupation of the president’s office,…
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Racist Abuse Cannot Be Tolerated in Our Union
We are all responsible for confronting racism and racist abuse wherever we find it, including in our union. We can’t build a wall-to-wall, diverse union without understanding and addressing the way racism challenges our progressive values. In the heat of the recent contract campaign, we failed to uphold these values. We recently learned of racist…
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Rutgers Unions’ Solidarity Statement with University of Michigan GEO
We, two unions of educators at Rutgers University, stand in solidarity with your fight for fair wages, health care benefits, and improved working conditions. We understand the crucial role that graduate workers play in the academic community and the vital contributions you make to the future of higher education. We recognize that the challenges you…
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An Appeal to President Holloway from Distinguished Professors
Dear President Holloway, We write to you as fellow Distinguished Professors at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, to ask you to embrace the goals that our union, Rutgers AAUP-AFT, has set out for a new contract and ask your negotiators to speedily reach an agreement that meets those goals—goals that center the common…
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We Asked President Holloway for Answers about the Canvas Outage
On March 1, Rebecca Givan, president of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, and Amy Higer, president of the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, wrote the following letter to President Jonathan Holloway regarding the problems with Canvas experienced by students and faculty alike five days earlier. Dear President Holloway, We write to apprise you of a major disruption to Rutgers’…
