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
06
Apr
06,
20266:00 pm – 7:00 pm
On Zoom,
Join all department reps, CAT volunteers, and prospective CAT members to discuss how we can organize on each campus to win our contract demands. Click here to register.
Apr
07
Apr
07,
202612:30 pm – 1:30 pm
On Zoom,
Join us for a virtual meeting of the Rutgers-Camden chapter of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT on Tuesday, April 7 during the free period (12:45-1:45pm) to debrief on the March 30 all-member meeting and discuss Camden-focused priorities and actions. Register here.
Apr
07
Apr
07,
20267:00 pm – 8:00 pm
On Zoom,
Have you recently joined the Rutgers AAUP-AFT or Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union? Are you considering joining your union? Attend our virtual New Member Orientation to learn more about your union and find ways to get involved. Click here to register.
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.
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