Read the full PTL Tentative Agreement After more than a year of forceful activism by our members and fierce tenacity by our team at the bargaining table, we are thrilled to say that we have won truly meaningful pay increases, career advancement for PTLs and multi-semester appointments for the first time, increases to the professional… Read more »
As we continue our fight for a fair PTL contract, the faculty senate in Camden and New Brunswick have overwhelmingly voted to approve resolutions in support of a fair contract for part-time faculty. Language can be found here: New Brunswick Faculty Council Resolution on PTLs 4-19 Whereas, Rutgers has millions of dollars to give… Read more »
The poor treatment of part-time faculty at Rutgers is in direct contradiction with the practices at other Big Ten schools. At Rutgers University, most of the students are taught by part-time faculty. Yet part-time faculty are poorly paid, have no job security and no access to health benefits. They do not have office space, classroom… Read more »
By Carly Sitrin University argues it’s tapped out after signing contract with full-timers, attempts to squeeze more out of budget will only drive tuition higher Ironically, Rutgers just settled what union officials are calling a “historic” contract agreement with full-time faculty and graduate assistants. But part-time professors and students are still taking the university to… Read more »
Summary of Negotiated Changes in Tentative Agreement [Note: Articles not included (or referenced as deleted) in list below remain the same as in prior Agreement] Article 2 – Academic Freedom: Updating of University Policy references to Academic Freedom. Expansion of language to expressly note that faculty are entitled to academic freedom, regardless of the media. Language included that specifically… Read more »
By Troy Shinbrot The April 22 column by Asbury Park Press editorial page editor, “Rutgers faculty contract: Good for students and taxpayers too?” raised several good questions about the Rutgers budget. Most significant is where the funds will come from and where they will go. Answers to both are straightforward. Rutgers has surplus revenues that… Read more »
Rutgers Adjuncts Need $7,250 and Health Care, Not Contempt Part-Time Lecturers (PTLs) at Rutgers who teach more than 30% of all classes are demanding $7,250 a course, health care and long-term contracts. Instead of respect and decent wages, they face contempt from the Rutgers Administration. Chancellor Molloy recently said, “If [PTLs] don’t want to do… Read more »
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 We have won a historic contract and have signed a tentative agreement that you will soon vote on. Over the past week, our “final warning” to the BOG, our preparations and readiness to walk off the job, and very late-night bargaining changed the game. At the very precipice of a strike,… Read more »
By Catherine Carrera The tentative contract agreement reached last week by Rutgers University and its faculty union could trigger ripples of change in future bargaining agreements at colleges across the country. Not only could it set a precedent for the 17 other labor unions at the university currently in contract negotiations, but it could become… Read more »
By Carly Sitrin After agreeing a ‘historic’ contract, officials with the union representing thousands of full-time faculty and graduate employees say they will work for colleagues still at the bargaining table Rutgers University’s full-time faculty union lit a fire under the negotiation table when it threatened a strike last week. The union subsequently won what… Read more »
