AFTA’s higher-ed organizing workshops begin June 11
AFT Academics on June 11 will present the first of five online workshops in its summer training series on…
AFTNJ Activist Conference recap: adjunct unemployment, Rutgers LEARN and more
A captive crowd of PreK-12 and higher education faculty and staff gathered Aug. 16 for the AFTNJ Activist Conference…
Chiera, Wolfson testify in favor of Bloomfield-Montclair State merger bill
With New Jersey’s Assembly Higher Education Committee about to vote on A5470 (the Bloomfield College-Montclair State University merger bill),…
AFTNJ welcomes staff representative Jennie Shanker
The AFTNJ on June 1 welcomed its new staff representative, Jennie Shanker, who takes over for Joe Norris. Organized…
AFTNJ 2023 Legislative Conference in pictures
Gov. Phil Murphy noted the need for teacher recruitment and retention in New Jersey. Sen. Andrew Zwicker, who sits…
Murphy signs bill expanding access to UI for workers during labor disputes
Gov. Phil Murphy on April 24 signed A4772/S3215, which addresses some loopholes that have affected striking workers and others in labor…
With labor unrest at NJIT, Chiera talks Rutgers strike’s influence, need for higher ed commissioner
Similar to the faculty unions at Rutgers University, the adjunct professors, graduate students and postdoctoral students at New Jersey…
Rutgers faculty strike suspended; contract framework has ‘profound victories’
Rutgers AAUP-AFT, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union and AAUP-BHSNJ members have suspended their strike, which began April 10 and affected…
Hundreds gather for Take Back Rutgers rally on Newark campus
Like they did at their Dec. 6 rally in New Brunswick for new contracts, Rutgers University unions endured raw…
Local 1940 AFT, Middlesex College students engulf Chambers Hall for informational picket
About 100 Middlesex College full-time faculty, staff and students on May 3 participated in a Local 1940 AFT-led informational…
Brookdale adjuncts spread the word about their contract struggles
The Brookdale Adjunct Faculty Chapter of AFT Local 2222 gathered April 26 near Brookdale Community College’s Bankier Library to…
Local 1940 AFT members have their say at Middlesex County board meeting
On April 21, about 70 members of Middlesex College’s full-time faculty, along with some current students, attended the Middlesex…
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