Academic workers and students picketing outside The Yard, College Avenue Campus
Date
April 10, 2023 – April 15, 2023 (5 days)
Location
New Jersey, United States
Goals
Ratification of a labor contract
Equal pay for equal work
Increased salaries and job security
Control over scheduling
Affordable housing
Longer-term contracts
Methods
Strike action
Work stoppage
Picketing
Resulted in
Strike suspended
Tentative agreement for across-the-board salary increases reached
Sporadic strikes continue afterward by instructor unions
Parties
Rutgers AAUP-AFT
PTLFC-AAUP-AFT
AAUP-BHSNJ
Rutgers University
Lead figures
Rebecca Givan (AAUP-AFT)
Jim Brown (AAUP-AFT)
Amy Higer (PTLFC)
Catherine Monteleone (BHSNJ)
Jonathan Holloway (President)
The 2023 Rutgers University strike was a labor strike involving faculty and graduate student workers at Rutgers University in New Jersey, United States. Academic workers at all four campuses—New Brunswick, Newark, Camden, and RBHS—participated in the bargaining action,[1] affecting over 9,000 staff members and 67,000 students at the university.[2] The strike began on April 10, 2023 following several months of failed negotiations between labor unions and Rutgers administration and was suspended on April 15, 2023.[3]
On June 30, 2022, the labor contract between Rutgers and its labor unions expired after an agreement on new contract couldn't be reached.[4] Union members continued to work without a contract while negotiations continued, with union leaders demanding increased salaries, more job security, and equal pay for equal work.[5] Management bargainers provided counter-offers of gradual raises at percentages lower than those requested by Rutgers AAUP-AFT and rejected many provisions regarding working conditions.[6] A vote for strike authorization passed on March 10, 2023, allowing union leaders to call a strike if a contract could not be reached, while Rutgers administration, led by university president Jonathan Holloway, maintained that striking was illegal.
The strike ended after a tentative framework was reached on April 15, though the unions asserted to resume work stoppage if their gains were not secured.[7] An agreement was formally reached on May 8, ending the strike.[8] It was the first strike by academics in the school's history, and one of the largest strikes in American educational history.[9][10] A strike by 2,800 non-teaching faculty members in January 1987 had ended after an agreement was made with the administration after nine days.[11][12] New Jersey governor Phil Murphy's extensive involvement in negotiations to end the strike was considered unprecedented and was praised by both union officials and Holloway.[13]
^Mitman, Hayden (April 10, 2023). "Rutgers University Staff and Faculty Go on Strike". WCAU. NBC. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
^Wolfe, Elizabeth; Moshtaghian, Artemis; Sgueglia, Kristina; Reilly, Liam (April 10, 2023). "3 unions representing about 9,000 Rutgers University faculty and staff to begin historic strike over contract negotiations". CNN. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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^Burgis, Ben (April 2023). "I'm on Strike at Rutgers to Fight the Uberification of Higher Education". Jacobin. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^Holloway, Jonathan (March 6, 2023). "An Update on Labor Negotiations" (Press release). Rutgers University. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
^Kelley, Tina; Johnson, Brent (April 15, 2023). "Rutgers and unions reach deal to end historic faculty strike". NJ.com. Advance Publications. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
^Yi, Karen (May 8, 2023). "Rutgers teaching unions vote 93% to ratify contracts following historic strike". Gothamist. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
^Kelley, Tina (April 10, 2023). "Rutgers faculty declares strike in historic showdown between unions, state university". NJ.com. Advance Publications. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^"Rutgers University educators strike in massive, historic walkout". CBS News. Paramount Global. April 10, 2023. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^Narvaez, Alfonso A. (January 20, 1987). "Classes Disrupted as Employees Strike at 3 Rutgers Campuses". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 8, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
^"Pact Ends the Rutgers Strike". The New York Times. January 29, 1987. p. 30. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
^Alexander, Dan (April 15, 2023). "Striking faculty, Rutgers University reach tentative contract agreement". New Jersey 101.5. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
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