Higher education and healthcare workers issue recommendations for legislation
Ed note: The full text of the coalition’s Legislative Framework for the Reorganization of Higher Education in New Jersey is online at
https://aftnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/legislativeframework052112.pdf
EDISON, N.J.—Representatives of the doctors, nurses, professors and all levels of workers at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Rutgers and Rowan today publicly issued recommendations for legislation for any higher education realignment. The coalition of labor unions, representing more than 30,000 public workers, endorsed a framework that provides more direct support for Southern New Jersey, while protecting University Hospital in Newark and UMDNJ health and community services throughout the state.