The Executive Board of the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union and Executive Council of Rutgers AAUP-AFT congratulate students at Seton Hall University for their recent victory in the ongoing fight to defend the university’s Africana Studies program—one of the oldest in the country.
Our members have voted: we have strong new contracts, thanks to a massive organizing effort and a five-day strike that showed the power of higher ed labor and our determination to fight for a better Rutgers for ALL of us.
The PTLFC-AAUP-AFT Executive Board announces a call for self-nominations for twelve (12) seats on the Executive Board. The term for each seat is two (2) years.
The following email was sent to members of all three faculty unions on April 30, 2023.
The following communication was sent to all union members on April 9, 2023.
Our union looked forward to this bargaining session, hoping to make progress on three crucial proposals that concern one of our core demands: job security.
Monday’s bargaining session was focused on Evaluations (Article 12) and Appointments (Article 6). This was a small, combined session (FT/Grad/Postdoc and PTLs).
We are inches away from a TA (tentative agreement) on Article 11. The administration made several moves in the right direction. (See details below.) We are also close to reaching agreement on Article 8, although a few sticking points remain.
At our large bargaining session on Wednesday, we discussed counter proposals on Article 6 (Appointments), 8 (Personnel Files), and 11 (Professional Development).
We had a 2-hour bargaining session on Friday morning, Jan. 27 concerning the counter proposal to our proposed Article 4 on “Fractional Appointments.”
At Friday’s bargaining session, negotiations focused on Article 5 (Grievance Procedure) and Article 11 (Professional Development Fund).
Rutgers Adjunct Union member Randy Pearlstein, who teaches in the New Brunswick Creative Writing program, wrote these notes on the “large open” session this past Monday. We invite members to be notetakers at future sessions.
Bargaining Update: Monday, 12/5, 4-6 pm; Small session. Articles discussed: 5, 11, 4.
Our union raised a number of key issues with management. We received very few direct responses.
“Another One of Management’s Mismanagement of Their Own Schedule”
Breaking News: We’ve reached an agreement on ground rules allowing us to resume bargaining, and it’s a victory for the unions!
The PTL Spotlight is a segment of our newsletter that highlights the members who make our union strong.
Faculty unions across the country are proving that direct action and community organizing works.
Read an op-ed by our incoming New Brunswick Vice President, Hank Kalet, about the importance of open bargaining in our fight for a more democratic Rutgers.
In our August 1 session, we began with a response to management’s counters on Article 5 (“Grievance”) and Article 11 (“Professional Development”); the second half of the bargaining session was dedicated to our presentation on Article 6: “Job Security.”
Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union 