Month: March 2019

By Bob Boikess

When I arrived in New Brunswick in 1968, Rutgers was a sleepy little place. Its transformation into a major public AAU research university was due, in part, to the creation of an AAUP collective bargaining chapter in 1970. The economic status rating of our faculty went from a C to an A+ as Rutgers professors advanced to among the top tier of the highest paid faculties of public universities in the United States.…

Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Frustrated by contract talks that have dragged on for more than a year, Rutgers University professors have authorized union leaders to call for a strike, escalating the threat that they will walk off their jobs.

About 88 percent of union members, which includes 4,800 full-time professors and graduate workers, voted to authorize a strike, according the union.…

Catherine Carrera, North Jersey Record

“This is not about salary. It’s really about equality for women, equity among the three campuses, more full-time faculty for our students and fighting to increase the base pay of our lowest-paid graduate teaching assistants,” Kumar said.

According to research done by the union, faculty on the New Brunswick campus are paid at a higher rate than their peers at Camden and Newark.…

By Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Fed up with contract talks that have dragged on since last year, Rutgers University professors are one step closer to walking off the job.

The faculty union’s leaders on Thursday asked their members to give permission to call for a strike, if necessary.

“We have taken this step because it is important to defend quality public higher education,” said Deepa Kumar, president of the union representing more than 4,800 full-time faculty and graduate workers.…