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Contract Campaign 2026
What’s Going On
Press Release: Rutgers Unions Demand Reversal of Hiring Freeze That Will Harm Faculty, Staff, Students, University as a Whole
“The Union of Rutgers Administrators represents staff across all three campuses and in every off campus Rutgers location in all 21 NJ counties,” said Christine O’Connell, URA president. “In many…
AFT Convention Report Back
(left to right) Greg Rusciano, Isaac Jimenez, Ben Arenger, Melissa Hartland, Christine O’Connell, Mary Ellen Maguire, Josephine Nagle. The AFT Convention was held July 15-18 in Washington, DC. URA-AFT members…
Become A Democracy Defender
Josephine Nagle gets a ‘high-five’ from AFT President Randi Weingarten at the AFT Convention in Washington, DC as a ‘Democracy Defender’ Democracy Defenders are AFT members who commit to helping…
Rutgers Has The International Students: Debunking Management Claims
From 2016 to 2021, there was a solid increase in international enrollment There was a decline from 2021 to 2026, but over the last decade, down only 2.0% The best…
Hiring Freeze? What To Do
At the Thursday, July 9 Board of Governors meeting President Tate announced that he is implementing a hiring freeze to “strengthen the university’s long term financial sustainability.” We are working…
State Funding Restored In New Budget
In conjunction with our partner Coalition of Rutgers Unions (CRU) members and leaders, URA has been successful in restoring New Jersey budget dollars to Rutgers University across our three main…
URA Contract Expired June 30; What Does That Mean For You?
Since our contract expired, we currently have no raise scheduled for FY27 until we negotiate and ratify our successor contract. All other protections (except for Article 61 – Self-Initiated In-Grade…
Bargaining Update #10
Isaac Jimenez, URA Secretary and Bargaining Team Member Our bargaining team met with management for the tenth time Wednesday, July 8 at Knightsbridge in Piscataway, where we were accused of…
What Do We Want?
Union labor powers Rutgers. What do we want?
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