Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Three unions representing approximately 9,000 Rutgers University faculty and staff went on strike Apr. This was the first educator strike in Rutgers history, according to the unions. For the past several weeks, negotiations have been constant and continuous,” said Rutgers President Dr. Jonathan Holloway.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 19, 2023

Rutgers University. Unions in higher ed may go on strike after months of bargaining and impasse in negotiations on issues and demands from higher ed employees such as wage increases, better working conditions, and reliable job security. It's something new that unions are beginning to win,” Carey notes. The New School.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

About 93% of Rutgers University educators, researchers, and clinicians have voted to ratify tentative agreements reached by their bargaining committees, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Rebecca Givan, president of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, said in a statement. increase by the final year, raising their salary to $40,000; adjuncts a 43.7%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2023

Rutgers University reached an agreement with its faculty unions Apr. 14 for new contract, after a week of faculty strikes, NBC News reported. Most important, closure on this framework will allow our 67,000 students to resume their studies and pursue their academic degrees," said Rutgers President Dr. Jonathan Holloway.

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University Business

APRIL 10, 2023

Yesterday, three unions at Rutgers University comprising faculty, adjunct faculty and graduate student workers flooded Rutgers’ three campuses to commence the first strike in the 257-year-old school’s history. and sister campuses in Camden and Newark. With the picket lines up at 9 a.m.,

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Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 12, 2023

[Editors note: The Higher Education Inquirer thanks Hank Kalet for allowing us to reprint his substack Channel Surfing as a record of the Rutgers strike. Hank is a lecturer at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information. News sources state this is the first labor strike at the school in its entire 256-year history.

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