Dear colleague,
The member vote on divestment closed a short time ago. The resolution passed among both AAUP-AFT and Adjunct Faculty Union members. In the AAUP-AFT, 58 percent of members who cast a ballot voted yes, 38 percent voted no, and 4 percent abstained—42 percent of those eligible to vote cast a ballot. In the Adjunct Faculty Union, 62 percent voted yes, 34 percent voted no, and 4 percent abstained—24 percent of those eligible to vote cast a ballot. The text of the referendum can be found here. Thank you to everyone who voted and participated.
Our unions have many fights ahead of us. We will need to work together to resist the Rutgers administration’s ongoing attempts to undermine our contract victories. We will face the consequences at Rutgers of the incoming Trump administration’s looming assault on all of higher education. Whether you agreed or disagreed with your colleagues about divestment, they are your allies in those fights ahead.
In confronting the challenges that 2025 will bring, we will be stronger if we are united across union, rank, department, school, and campus—as we were during our victorious strike in 2023. Together we fight, together we win!
In solidarity,
Todd Wolfson, President, Rutgers AAUP-AFT
Bryan Sacks, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union