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. Female faculty members on each campus get paid at a lower rate than their male peers with the same years of experience, Kumar said.
Teaching assistants are paid $26,000 per year and haven’t received a raise since 2013, according to a statement from the union.
About 88 percent of union members voted to authorize the union leaders to call for a strike if they deem it necessary during remaining negotiations.
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