The move could virtually shut down New Jersey's flagship public university, which has campuses in New Brunswick, Camden and Newark.
and health benefits for part-time lecturers and graduate assistants. They’re also asking Rutgers to freeze rents on housing for students and staff, and extend graduate research funding for one year for students who were impacted by the pandemic.
A spokesperson for Rutgers University did not return an email seeking comment on Thursday afternoon. Both union contracts expired in June. In 2019, Rutgers AAUP-AFT members also authorized their leadership to call a strike, but one was averted when the union reached a last-minute deal with the university.
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