2026 Contract Campaign

Our unions are bargaining for our next contract, and we’re mobilizing the power of faculty members, grad workers, postdocs, staff, students, and communities behind our demands for a better Rutgers. We’ve centralized our union resources on this page.

Purchase Union Hoodies!

Interested in union hoodies? We have a new swag shop!

Defend Our Academic Freedom

Strategies and information to protect yourself and each other from potential challenges to our rights as educators.

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.

Union FAQs and Resources

Union members and staff have compiled answers to your questions on a variety of issues.

Our 2022–26 Contracts

Our unions are bargaining for our next contract, and we’re mobilizing the power of faculty members, grad workers, postdocs, staff, students, and communities behind our demands for a better Rutgers. We’ve centralized our union resources on this page.

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.

May 2026
May 14
May 14, 20266:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Cross-Campus CAT Meeting
On Zoom, registration required
May 18
May 18, 20265:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Bargaining Orientation
On Zoom, registration required
May 18
May 18, 20266:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Update
On Zoom, registration required
May 20
May 20, 20263:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Bargaining Orientation
On Zoom, registration required

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