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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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 11
May 11, 20267:00 pm – 8:30 pm
AFTNJ Statewide Unemployment Workshop
Join AFTNJ on Zoom, Monday, May 11th at 7pm for a 90-minute workshop that will walk you through the application process, how you are assessed for benefits, what your benefit amount will be, and what to do if you are denied following the submission of your application. The workshop will help in avoiding common errors that delay benefits or result in determinations of ineligibility.
The workshop is suitable for both full time and adjunct faculty who will not be re-employed in the fall or will experience a 20% or greater drop in work in the fall term. Please fill out this form to receive the Zoom link.
May 14
May 14, 20266:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Cross-Campus CAT Meeting
Join our virtual cross-campus, cross-union Big Contract Action Team meeting on Thursday, 5/14 at 6pm. This will be an opportunity to share success stories & roadblocks and think about next steps in building power at the bargaining table. RSVP for the Zoom link 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.

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