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Contract Campaign Center

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.

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Updated Union Toolkit

Defend Our Academic Freedom

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

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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.

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Know Your Rights

Union FAQs and Resources

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

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Contract Resource Center

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.

Go to the resource center

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.

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Member News

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Upcoming Events

April 2026

Apr 23

Apr 23, 202611:30 am – 1:00 pm

Press Conference at the Board of Governors

Winants Hall, 7 College Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 United States

Save the date for a press conference outside of the Board of Governors meeting on April 23. We want to make our demands known. Join your colleagues to fight for our future and defend our communities! Register here.

Apr 24

Apr 24, 202612:00 pm – 1:00 pm

April 24 Health Clinic – 12pm

The Coalition of Rutgers Unions large union town hall to learn about important health plan changes. Register here.

Apr 24

Apr 24, 20262:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Newark Chapter Meeting April 24

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.

Apr 29

Apr 29, 20267:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Bargaining Update Town Hall

On Zoom,

Join a members-only town hall to hear updates from the unified bargaining team, ask questions, and get involved in building power for our Contract Campaign. Check your email for the link to register.