and health benefits for part-time lecturers and graduate assistants. They’re also asking Rutgers to freeze rents on housing for students and staff, and extend graduate research funding for one year for students who were impacted by the pandemic.
A spokesperson for Rutgers University did not return an email seeking comment on Thursday afternoon. Both union contracts expired in June. In 2019, Rutgers AAUP-AFT members also authorized their leadership to call a strike, but one was averted when the union reached a last-minute deal with the university.
Charlie4Change Ahh Unions, protecting the little guy since......
Keep spending money on football coaches and see how pissed off faculty will get before they walk out. Maybe give another pile of money to Snooky to come speak.