Updated Union Toolkit
Defend Our Academic Freedom
Strategies and information to protect yourself and each other from potential challenges to our rights as educators.
Fighting for All of Us
Join Your Union!
When you join our union, you become part of our efforts to maintain the advances we’ve won and to achieve more for everyone we represent.
Know Your Rights
Union FAQs and Resources
Union members and staff have compiled answers to your questions on a variety of issues.
Contract Resource Center
Our 2022–26 Contracts
Find the full text of our union contracts with Rutgers, plus guides to the agreements to help you understand your rights.
Our Union History
Who We Are
Rutgers AAUP-AFT is one of the oldest higher ed unions in the country. Learn more about how our half-century of history led to who we are in the present day.
Member News
Upcoming Events
February 2026
Feb
17
Feb
17,
20265:30 pm – 6:30 pm
On Zoom,
The Rutgers AAUP-AFT will host a virtual demonstration of the members only Atlas security benefit. Register here.
Feb
18
Feb
18,
202612:00 pm – 1:00 pm
On Zoom,
Join our Union Town Hall to discuss issues concerning research support with members of the union bargaining committee. Click here to register.
Feb
19
Feb
19,
20261:00 pm – 2:00 pm
On Zoom,
The Rutgers AAUP-AFT will host a virtual demonstration of the members only Atlas security benefit. Register here.
Feb
19
Feb
19,
20265:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Rutgers Labor Education Center,
50 Labor Center Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 United States
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 United States
Join fellow union members for rapid response training to address ICE in our communities. Dinner will be provided. Click here to register.
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