Rowan University’s “Higher Education Reorganization for Southern New Jersey” press release and report issued today included a call for the elimination of civil service on their campus and the elimination of the current Statewide bargaining that Rowan is a part of with the other eight senior State Colleges/Universities. Instead the plan calls for Rowan to conduct local collective bargaining the same as research institutions Rutgers, UMDNJ and NJIT.
Nicholas Yovnello, Council President and Assistant Director of Library Services at Rowan University said, “The plan by the Rowan administration in its current form is a complete betrayal of the longtime excellent working relationship the three unions on the Rowan campus have enjoyed with the Rowan administration. Eliminating civil service on our campus could eventually lead to the same kinds of abuse that have occurred at UMDNJ over the last several years and will undermine the transparency and accountability that currently exists on our campus.”