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From the Table 12/06: Article 8 - Management Responds to Our Economic Demands

This week's agenda was planned to focus on Article 10 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gSmT5ImIPVJG6Ec3g4jQi9dDtRv8mLOT/view] and Article 11 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zx_yUItqDrFsXoW4E1GBEe1Xz2MOLTTO/view] release language (for settlement of grievances), an Article 22 counter (regarding earned-vacation accrual carryover), and a union response to management’s proposed Appendix H [https://rutgersaaup.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/November-29-2022-University-Proposal-Appendix-H.pdf] (pertaining to faculty and grad worker suspensions). However, this agenda was disrupted by management’s long-belated delivery of a response to our Article 8 proposal [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i4DhSk22NvhUk-KksFA5AbvY8NU8MxTe/view], focusing on salary and compensation. Their response was an insultingly low-ball offer [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SE4Dmj3BksvdSbPKlvkunvljKRUk9ecI/view?usp=sharing] after powerful and well-attended rallies in Camden, New Brunswick, and Newark, earlier in the day. To read more from our member Whitney Straub, head to our website: https://rutgersaaup.org/bargaining-update-18-december-6-2022/

From the Table 11/8/2022: Article 12 Grad Issues

On 11/8/2022 we presented Article 12 of our demands regarding the graduate worker contract, including 1) Increasing graduate worker PhD funded appointment minimums to 5 years; 2) Including graduate fellows in the contract, with equal pay protections and benefits; and 3) COVID extensions for workers whose completion timelines were affected by the pandemic. COVID extensions were broken out into a side letter that was presented. Several speakers worked with our bargaining committee to present personal statements regarding the importance and urgency of our demands. Some of them joined us here. For more information and to read the Article and Side Letter: https://rutgersaaup.org/bargaining-update-15-november-8-2022/

From the Table 11/1/2022: Articles 4 & 9

We are back at the table! This session was a small-group session, with our core bargaining team and some member observers attending. In this episode, we check in with some of them on Articles 4 and 9 and the experiences of being back in bargaining.   For Paul O'Keefe's great written update and links to the articles in full, visit our website:

From the Table 7/19: Article 8, the proposal for Bridge Funds, and check in on the Grad funding extensions

This is the RU Listening Podcast series on bargaining updates, From the Table. This week we talk to Jim Brown and Paul O'Keefe and Andrés Morera about Article 8, the proposal for Bridge Funds, and check in on the Grad funding extensions. To learn more and get involved visit the website Rutgers AAUP-AFT website at  https://rutgersaaup.org/

From the Table 7/18/22: Article 4 - PTLFC Bargaining Update Fractional Appointments

In this episode we learn about Article 4 demands for fractional appointment status for PTLS  with PTLS Howie Swerdloff and Dan Sidorick and then follow up with Karen Thompson, Heather Pierce, and Austin Rooney as well as undergrads Alex Ascencio, Izzy Nuñez, and Edan Blank after bargaining on management's response.    To get involved with the next PTLFC bargaining session - sign up here:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe__T8yabH49i4WkyIcUfhQbh2vYZwJLS9EMhTKDnRHTtCp3g/viewform