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!

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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 08
May 08, 20262:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Newark Chapter Meeting May 8
Hybrid: Conklin 245 and on Zoom, 175 University Ave.
Newark, NJ 07102
Join our biweekly hybrid Newark Chapter Meetings. We will hold the meetings in person at Conklin Hall room 245, with a virtual option. Register here.  
May 22
May 22, 20262:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Newark Chapter Meeting May 22
Hybrid: Conklin 245 and on Zoom, 175 University Ave.
Newark, NJ 07102
Join our biweekly hybrid Newark Chapter Meetings. We will hold the meetings in person at Conklin Hall room 245, with a virtual option. Register here.
May 27
May 27, 20265:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Meeting the Moment Training – Vineland
Cumberland County Council of Education Associations Office, 1672 N Delsea Dr
Vineland, NJ 08360 United States
The purpose of this training is so we can mobilize collectively to respond to the threats our communities are facing. We’ll talk about resisting authoritarianism, collective action, asserting our rights, and community-based rapid response. Dinner will be provided at 5pm (and available throughout the evening after sunset), and the program starts at 6pm. Register here.

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