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labor-relations3 years ago•6 min saved

Rutgers and Unions Reach Tentative Agreement After Historic Strike.

Rutgers University and three faculty unions have reached a tentative agreement to end the first faculty strike in the university's 257-year history. The deal includes raises and additional job security for part-time lecturers, also known as adjuncts, that union officials hope will set precedents nationally for historically underpaid instructors. The agreement is poised to officially end the strike that was unusual in uniting tenured professors with graduate workers, adjuncts, and clinicians.

via NJ.com|

#contract-negotiations #faculty-unions #job-security

education3 years ago•3 min saved

Rutgers University and Faculty Unions End Historic Strike with Agreement

Rutgers University has reached a deal with faculty unions to end the historic week-long strike, demanding salary increases, better job security for adjunct faculty members, and guaranteed funding for graduate students. The new deal will increase salaries for full-time faculty and New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund counselors by at least 14% by the summer of 2025. The amendments are still pending ratification by members of each faculty union.

via NBC News|

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education3 years ago•2 min saved

Rutgers University Faculty Strike Sparks Legal Concerns.

Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway won’t rule out the possibility of legal action to block the ongoing strike from Rutgers University’s faculty unions. Negotiations between labor and Rutgers management remain underway, with both parties still negotiating at the governor’s office. The strike encompasses Rutgers’ New Brunswick, Newark and Camden campuses, impacting approximately 67,000 students. The strike involved three unions: the Rutgers AAUP-AFT, which represents full-time faculty, graduate workers, postdoctoral associates, and Educational Opportunity Fund counselors; the Rutgers PTLFC-AAUP-AFT, which represents part-time lecturers; and AAUP-BHSNJ, which represents workers at Rutgers’ health sciences schools.

via POLITICO|

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politics3 years ago•4 min saved

Rutgers Strike: Murphy's Intervention and Historic Faculty Walkout.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy intervened in the contract negotiations between Rutgers University and faculty unions, who went on strike for the first time in the school's history. Murphy and his staff were in talks with Rutgers and labor officials for months, and he called a meeting in his Trenton office to try to resolve the impasse. Despite the school's contention that the work stoppage is illegal, Murphy told Rutgers leaders not to take legal action against the striking workers. The unions are seeking higher wages as part of a new contract, and the strike could mar the legacy of a governor who got into office in part because of support from public labor unions.

via POLITICO|

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education3 years ago•6 min saved

Rutgers Faculty Unions Go on Strike Amid Talks Breakdown.

Rutgers faculty unions representing educators, researchers, and clinicians will strike indefinitely starting Monday morning, shutting down classes for the first time in the state university's 256-year history, after reaching a stalemate in contract negotiations with Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway's administration that had dragged on since July. The unions are demanding higher wages for graduate workers and longer contracts with benefits for part-time professors. Holloway has indicated that he will seek a court order to stop the strike, but union leaders say a strike would only be illegal if a court order is issued forbidding them from stopping work.

via NorthJersey.com|

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