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.

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.

April 2026
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.
May 2026
May 01
May 01, 20263:00 pm – 5:00 pm
May Day: Camden to Philly
Ben Franklin Bridge Walkway – NJ Side, 468 Pearl St
Camden, NJ 08102 United States
Join members of NJEA, AAUP-AFT, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, CWA, and many other unions in a demonstration of solidarity and union power to build an equitable nation for all. We will meet in Camden, then those who are able will march across the bridge together to attend the May Day rally in Philly. (If you’re unable to walk, we are preparing ridesharing options to take people directly to City Hall instead.) Register here.
May 01
May 01, 20263:00 pm – 6:00 pm
May Day – Jersey City
Jersey City City Hall, 280 Grove St
Jersey City, NJ 07302 United States
Join members of 32BJ SEIU, NJEA, and many other unions in a demonstration of solidarity and union power to build an equitable nation for all. We will meet at Jersey City City Hall, then march with stops at Goldman Sachs, ending at Exchange Place. Register here.

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