Dear colleague,
The Board of Governors will meet in Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus in New Brunswick tomorrow (Thursday, April 20), and we’re going to be there to tell them that time’s up—we demand a fair contract now! Join us if you can at 11:30 a.m. at the corner of Somerset Street and College Avenue.
We won significant advances in the Framework agreed to last Friday night, but important issues have to be resolved before we have a full Tentative Agreement that our members will vote on. We’ve made it clear that we can and will continue the work stoppage if we don’t win the gains we need on our open issues. Everyone knows next week is the last week of classes, and no one wants to go on strike. But the administration is forcing us to take action with its continued delays.
Most of the Governors probably weren’t on campus during last week’s strike. Let’s give them a taste of our joyous, determined picket lines! Please help us send this urgent message to the Board of Governors by coming out if you can to the picket at 11:30 a.m. outside Winants Hall at Somerset Street and College Avenue.
Other New Brunswick Actions and Events
- Today (Wednesday) at 12 p.m.: Informational picket outside Scott Hall to talk to our students and others about where our fight is at.
- Today at 5:30 p.m.: Fight for a rent freeze in New Brunswick with our allies in New Labor. At the New Brunswick City Council meeting, 78 Bayard St.
- Sunday at 1 p.m.: Come to the New Labor Workers Memorial March. Meet at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, 222 Livingston Ave.
Other Newark Actions and Events
- Today at 12:30 p.m.: Grade-in/picnic on PRCC Quad. We are back to work, but doing our labor together in public to demonstrate that we are still without a contract.
- Today at 2:30 p.m.: “Strike Meditations: A Collective Poetry Exercise” in Conklin 245. An hour of reflection and journaling, culminating in a collectively-written poem, led by MFA student/PTL Abby Savitch-Lew.
Other Camden Actions and Events
- Today at 11:30 a.m.: Art build in front of the Campus Center.
- Today at 6 p.m.: Cross-union, all-member Camden chapter meeting. Click here to register for the Zoom link.
- Thursday at 12 p.m.: Show support for the city of Camden by joining their Rally for Economic Justice in front of Camden City Hall. Details to follow.
In solidarity,
Rutgers AAUP-AFT, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, and AAUP-BHSNJ
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