We formed a strong union to protect our rights and demand the respect we deserve at Rutgers University.
We are dedicated administrative workers who have joined the American Federation of Teachers, the largest union of higher education workers.
Contract Campaign 2026
What’s Going On
What I Will Do
A strong contract will require in-person actions, higher membership rates, and communication across all our worksites.
Bargaining Report #13
Rex Miller, Program Coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, Bargaining Team Alternate The URA bargaining team convened bargaining session 13 with management to continue our fight for a strong contract on…
Solidarity Gathering
URA members joined by AFT and AFTNJ leaders call on management outside bargaining at the Labor Education Center in New Brunswick.
Rutgers Has The Out-Of-State-Students
In the context of our raises and other economics proposals, higher education accounting expert Dr. Howard Bunsis reported that Rutgers management is crying poverty due to a lack of out-of-state…
Bargaining Report #12
Josephine Nagle, Sr. Administrative Asst., Rutgers Law School, Bargaining Team Member. URA’s Bargaining Team met for the twelfth time with management on August 5 at 33 Knightsbridge. The weekly perseverance…
Democracy Defenders: Defend Your Right To Vote
“Every eligible voter should be able to cast a ballot and have it counted,” said Josephine (Jo) Nagle. “But across the country, voters are facing confusion, intimidation, disinformation, registration problems…
Family Leave Expands To Newer Workers Under New Law
Under the provisions of New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave law Rutgers workers receive up to 12 weeks of paid leave every two years to care for a new child or…
