MOVING TO FRONT FROM THIS MORNING: THE STRIKE IS ON!
Rutgers philosophers Kati Balog and Barry Loewer write:
You have likely heard that the Rutgers unions have been negotiating with the Rutgers administration over working conditions and salary. The administration has been very resistant and to a degree duplicitous. The primary issue is working conditions for part time and non-tenure track faculty. Our unions are asking for pay parity, job security, and medical insurance for PTLs, among other things. Their current salaries are below a living wage when teaching 6 courses a year. If someone can obtain 6 courses a year that is not enough to live on in northern New Jersey so adjuncts try to obtain other work leading them to travel around the state and undermine their teaching. It is in Rutgers’s interest as a university to meet these demands. They have sufficient resources (according to the union, about $800M in unrestricted reserves), in any case, the football coach has a $4million salary and like many universities, the administration is bloated. We hope there is no strike, but if necessary, there will be one for the sake of Rutgers and higher education generally.
Here is a link to an article about the current strike, and some background:
Here is a link to a letter to Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway calling on him to refrain from court action against union activity, which can be signed:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qDit6KCecVM7qHQr0LeD-GbYpIesQ5zi/view
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One can also donate to support the strikers.
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