We stand in solidarity with Norma Bowe, union member, registered nurse, and professor from Kean University who was assaulted by ICE outside of Delaney Hall while operating a mobile health clinic. Read more here: https://loom.ly/kvtF3bA

📮 Bargaining Sessions 15 & 16 Updates Posted: We pressed Rutgers to address issues with the disability accommodations process & demanded action on SHP workload—backed by 83 petition signers & powerful member testimonials. Read updates & articles @ our Resource Center: https://loom.ly/qVjkYQw

In June, management rejected all workload 👎 proposals claiming faculty hadn’t raised workload concerns. Yesterday, we delivered a petition signed ✍️ by 83 of 120 School of Health Professions faculty supporting our contract demands & 10 faculty shared testimonials on how overwork was impacting them

Labor Solidarity 🗞️ Read for the Day! We are proud to be part of Labor Eyes on ICE as they continue monthly protests at Delaney Hall. We stand with those inside & demand freedom for all. Solidarity does not stop at the workplace. https://loom.ly/jQ7ghYU #LaborEyesOnICE #CloseDelaneyHall

Labor Solidarity 🗞️ Read for the Day! Close Delaney Hall. Abolish ICE. Free them all. No one is free until we all are. The Trump administration attacks immigrants & criminalizes activists; organized labor must keep speaking out. https://loom.ly/CqKvBTg #CloseDelaneyHall #AbolishICE #InsiderNJ

Labor Unions Rally at Delaney Hall - Insider NJ

Union members and community activists rallied Sunday outside the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center to protest.

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Tell Gov. Sherrill to veto 🛑 A5350/S4515. 📲 Call 609-292-6000 TODAY! Protect transparency, patient care, & Rutgers’s public mission from private corporate interests; this bill would let top RBHS administrators receive undisclosed pay from RWJBarnabas, advancing its takeover of Rutgers hospitals

📣 Urgent—Support our UCAN Siblings! DEADLINE: 7/27 12PM njit.bsky.social has again delayed bargaining with UCAN, whose members are fighting for a fair contract. Help show NJIT that UCAN workers' matter across the university community & beyond. ✍️ Sign & share 🔄 UCAN’s petition loom.ly/uXDKjSU

📣 Sunday, July 26th 🚫🧊 We'll be with labor allies for our monthly Labor Eyes on ICE action from 11am–1pm outside of Delaney Hall. Please join us in supporting detainees and calling for the end of ICE and its violence. https://rutgersaaup.org/event/labor-eyes-on-ice-delaney-hall/

🗞️Read AAUP - BHSNJ president Cathy Montelone's nj.com op-ed on why the Rutgers conflict-of-interest bill “threatens transparency and puts vulnerable patients at risk” and Gov. Sherrill must veto it! www.nj.com/opinion/2026...

🗞️ Weekend Higher Ed Labor News 🗞️ Check out this coverage from @whyy.org on our call to Tate that he rollback the hiring freeze he recently announced. https://whyy.org/articles/rutgers-university-unions-oppose-hiring-freeze/

Rutgers unions want stop to ‘unnecessary’ hiring freeze

The hiring freeze announcement comes as the unions have begun negotiating a new labor agreement.

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🆘⌛ Public comments close TODAY (July 13)! Join the OMB Deadline Day Rally—an accessible virtual event hosted by @standupforscience.net Science w/ @aaup.org & @aft.org to keep pressure on OMB’s proposed rule. Comment + register at the link. rutgersaaup.org/save-america... #STOPOMB #SAVESCIENCE

🆘⌛COMMENT TODAY!—OMB public comments close MONDAY 7/13! Trump’s #OMB proposal threatens scientific research & public health by shift grant approvals from peer review to political appointees & funding to “administration priorities.” #STOPOMB #SAVESCIENCE https://rutgersaaup.org/save-american-science

🆘⌛COMMENT TODAY—OMB public comments close MONDAY 7/13! Trump’s #OMB proposal threatens scientific research & public health by shift grant approvals from peer review to political appointees & funding to “administration priorities.” #STOPOMB #SAVESCIENCE https://rutgersaaup.org/save-american-science/

COMMENT TODAY—OMB public comments close MONDAY 7/13! Trump’s #OMB proposal threatens scientific research & public health by shift grant approvals from peer review to political appointees & funding to “administration priorities.” #STOPOMB #SAVESCIENCE https://rutgersaaup.org/save-american-science/

This Day in Labor History: July 5, 1935. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act. This created real labor law and allowed unions to survive. Let's talk about the most important labor law in American history!

As of today, the 4th of July 🎆, we have been working for 4 days on an expired contract. We have been at the table for months, Rutgers University MUST move forward in good faith to negotiate fair contracts for our workers. #July4 #FairContractNow #HigherEdLabor #LaborForHigherEd

Happy 4th! 🎆 Today, 4 days since our contract expired, Rutgers faculty unions at the country’s oldest public university are celebrating the reaffirmation of public-sector workers’ right to strike ✊ in support of their collective bargaining for 💪 strong, fair contracts! https://loom.ly/luwHqX8

Judge dismisses ex-student's lawsuit against Rutgers faculty for 2023 strike • New Jersey Monitor

Faculty unions hailed the dismissal as the court’s recognition of the rights of public workers to free speech and collective action.

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📣 BREAKING (GOOD) NEWS!‼️ The 2024 lawsuit against Rutgers AAUP-AFT, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, AAUP-BHSNJ, AFTNJ, and AFT over the 2023 faculty strike was dismissed with prejudice—affirming public sector unions’ rights to free speech & collective action. Press release: https://loom.ly/xVmkrVA

In the face of this shameful ruling on the final day of Pride month, we stand in support of trans athletes at Rutgers & across the country. New Jersey, thankfully, has some of the strongest protections for trans rights in the country. If you would like to learn more: www.aclu-nj.org/app/uploads/...

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled that states can ban transgender girls from school sports. This is a devastating ruling for trans students across the country who simply want the freedom to play with their friends.

‼️ 🕟 Our 2023 contract officially expires at midnight TONIGHT! We are ahead of where we were at the end of the last contract, but it will take all of us to win an even better contract! Get involved today + follow along: rutgersaaup.org/contract-2026-resource-center

‼️ 2️⃣ 🕟 Our 2023 contract expires in just 2 days! We are ahead of where we were at the end of the last contract, but it will take all of us to win an even better contract! Get involved today + follow along: rutgersaaup.org/contract-2026-resource-center

‼️📢🕘 DATE CHANGE - NOW MEETING TUESDAY 6/30 at 9AM in Trenton!

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TOMORROW 📅(Mon, June 29) 🕘 9AM–3PM 📍Trenton 🚨 NJ budget cuts threaten Rutgers jobs + many student programs. Join the Coalition of Rutgers Unions’ final Lobby Rally Day. Show up. Speak out. Tell lawmakers: Fund New Jersey's future! Fund NJ public higher ed. RSVP: https://loom.ly/kCCAVxE

TOMORROW 📅(Mon, June 29) 🕘 9AM–3PM 📍Trenton 🚨 NJ budget cuts threaten Rutgers jobs + many student programs. Join the Coalition of Rutgers Unions’ final Lobby Rally Day. Show up. Speak out. Tell lawmakers: Fund New Jersey's future! Fund NJ public higher ed. RSVP: https://loom.ly/kCCAVxE

📆 6/30 ⏰ 12:30pm—The final day before contract expiration on 7/1. ✊ 📣 Picket & Rally outside Liberty Plaza to demand a #FairContractNow with the Coalition of Rutgers Unions. After we will walk back to the union house at 11 Stone St for lunch 🍕and organizing calls📲. RSVP: https://loom.ly/LR3xAjA

‼️ 4️⃣ 🕟 Our 2023 contract expires in just 4 days! We are ahead of where we were at the end of the last contract, but it will take all of us to win an even better contract! Check out ways to get involved today + follow along: rutgersaaup.org/contract-2026-resource-center

‼️ 5️⃣ 5 days until our 2023 contract expires! We’re bargaining today (session 14)—well ahead of where we were at the end of the last contract—but it’ll take all of us to win a stronger contract. Get involved + follow along: rutgersaaup.org/contract-2026-resource-center

✊🆘 🗣️ SOLIDARITY SUPPORT CALL! ~ Wed, 6/24, 12-1pm HPAE 5089 is holding a lunchtime rally at Liberty Plaza (335 George St). This is their last scheduled day of bargaining before contract expiration. Let's join their rally in support! #SolidarityIsOurStrength #FairContractsNow #LaborSolidarity

8️⃣ ⏰ Our 2023 contract expires in 8 days! We are in bargaining—ahead of where we were at this time at the end of the last contract. It will take all of us to win an even stronger contract! Find ways to join in & follow along at our Contract Resource Center: rutgersaaup.org/contract-202...

In observance of Juneteenth, our union offices will be closed today. Juneteenth is a powerful reminder that liberation is won through persistence, courage, & collective action. #Juneteenth2026 #LiberationForAll #Solidarity #Justice

Join your union with Labor Eyes on ICE and partners at Delaney Hall this Fathers Day June 21 as we honor families separated on Father's Day and the Juneteenth legacy of liberation. #LaborEyesOnICE! #UnionStrong! #AnInjury2OneIsAnInjury2All! #CloseDelaneyHallNow! #ICEOutNow #AbolishICE #FreeThemAll