By Jonathan Lai
Rutgers University and its largest faculty union have reached a tentative four-year agreement that, if approved by members, would include across-the-board raises and require the university to declare a fiscal emergency before freezing salaries.
The agreement with the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers, announced Thursday in messages sent to faculty, would cover nearly 4,700 of its members. Rutgers has been in contract negotiations with unions that represent 20,000 of its more than 24,400 faculty and staff.
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