About 9,000 Rutgers University faculty including staff members, and part-time lecturers from 3 unions are participating in the historic strike. The strike is called in protest of pay issues and contract violation.
This is the first ever strike at Rutgers since its foundation in 1776. Faculties from New Brunswick campus as well as Newark and Camden campuses will participate in the strike. In all more than 67,000 Rutgers students will be affected.
“We have been bargaining for a new contract for nearly a year. This entire time, the administration has delayed and obstructed our efforts to reach an agreement.” – Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy called on both sides to meet in his Trenton office on Monday in hopes of breaking the stalemate.
Negotiations are going on since last summer between The unions and university representatives. There has been some progress but its still far from the expectations of the Union.
Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway had said last week that the if the strike happens then they will have no choice but to take legal action.
