A healthy work environment should reward innovation, excellence, and experience, but many URA-AFT members report being frustrated when applying for reclassifications to higher grades of pay while taking on more…
Rex Miller, Program Coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, Bargaining Team Alternate The URA bargaining team convened bargaining session 13 with management to continue our fight for a strong contract on…
URA members joined by AFT and AFTNJ leaders call on management outside bargaining at the Labor Education Center in New Brunswick.
In the context of our raises and other economics proposals, higher education accounting expert Dr. Howard Bunsis reported that Rutgers management is crying poverty due to a lack of out-of-state…
Josephine Nagle, Sr. Administrative Asst., Rutgers Law School, Bargaining Team Member. URA’s Bargaining Team met for the twelfth time with management on August 5 at 33 Knightsbridge. The weekly perseverance…
“Every eligible voter should be able to cast a ballot and have it counted,” said Josephine (Jo) Nagle. “But across the country, voters are facing confusion, intimidation, disinformation, registration problems…
Under the provisions of New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave law Rutgers workers receive up to 12 weeks of paid leave every two years to care for a new child or…
URA members are trying to figure out what President Tate’s hiring freeze means for us and for our work. The guidelines released last week don’t answer the bigger questions: Why?…
In preparation for negotiations, a committee of dedicated members, led by Cook Lead Steward Jeannette Mullins, reviewed the strengths and weaknesses of our existing contract and grievance history, analyzed other…
Tyrone Davidson, Planner Estimator, IPO, Busch Campus Building Representative and Bargaining Team Member We met with management on July 22, 2026, where management attempted to take us back to the…
