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
April 2026
Apr
10
Apr
10,
20269:00 am – 10:00 am
The Coalition of Rutgers Unions (CRU) are hosting a series of health plan clinics to give detailed insight into health plan options throughout April.
Register here.
Apr
10
Apr
10,
20262:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Hybrid: Conklin 245 and on Zoom,
175 University Ave.
Newark, NJ 07102
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
13
Apr
13,
202612:00 pm – 1:00 pm
The Coalition of Rutgers Unions (CRU) are hosting a series of health plan clinics to give detailed insight into health plan options throughout April.
April 13 at 12pm Health Plan Clinic, Register here.
Apr
14
Apr
14,
202612:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Nuanced Cafe,
225 Market Street
Camden, NJ 08102 United States
Camden, NJ 08102 United States
Join Camden union colleagues for a joint coffee hour social during free period on Tuesday, April 14. Grab a coffee and learn about what’s happening in our ongoing contract campaign and how you can get involved! Register here.
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