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Rutgers University Union Members Vote to Ratify Tentative Agreements

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Wave of Higher Ed Union Strikes Swells Nationwide

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Rutgers University Workers Waging Historic Strike For Economic Justice (Hank Kalet)

Higher Education Inquirer

[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.