Pressure is mounting on Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway to avert a teaching strike that could paralyze the institution. A strike could be called as soon as Sunday.
— a representative body of students, alumni and staff that advises the president — adopted a resolution urging Holloway to reach a fair deal with the unions and avoid a strike. The Senate also asked the president to refrain from using legal action to block a work stoppage by his employees and publicly declare the right of workers to peacefully strike.
University administrators and the unions planned to negotiate through this weekend. But the unions have scheduled aas they prepare for the possibility of a strike that would disrupt classes for 67,000 students across Rutgers’ three campuses in New Brunswick, Newark and Camden. It would be the first teaching strike in Rutgers' history.
“Student support for the union and against what the university is doing is absolutely vital. The students are the customers here, so customers are always right,” said Cobbs, an officer at Rutgers One, a student coalition supporting the unions.
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