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
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.
Apr
22
Apr
22,
20263:00 pm – 4:00 pm
On Zoom,
Bargaining for our next contract is just getting started, and we want to make it the strongest contract yet. In order to do that, we need your input. Any NTT interested in contributing to our bargaining process is invited to attend the next in a series of meetings regarding NTT bargaining issues. Register here.
Apr
22
Apr
22,
20265:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Pino’s,
13 N. 4th Ave.
Highland Park, NJ 08904 United States
Highland Park, NJ 08904 United States
Join the New Brunswick Chapter of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT and Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union for a night of games and good company! We will play board games and a round of a Rutgers themed pub quiz. RSVP here.
Apr
22
Apr
22,
20266:00 pm – 7:00 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.
Register here.
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