A week of marathon bargaining has produced a tentative deal between Rutgers and three striking faculty unions. Classes will resume Monday.
The union says they've gone nearly 300 days without a contract. At the crux of the standstill are employee wages and equal pay for adjunct professors. The unions say it's unfair that adjuncts have to reapply for their jobs each semester regardless of their tenure, and that grad students don't receive a living wage for their services. They also want better pay for clinical workers at the university's health facilities across its sprawling campuses.
The unions have argued that too many of their members simply don't make enough to pay the bills, while salaries and budgets increase for administrators and high-profile coaches. Countless students have joined in to show their support for the faculty, weeks before the end of the semester. "There's a rumor it'll go to pass/fail; there's a rumor we could get all A's; there's a rumor that it's like no credit even, but we're not too sure," said sophomore Dylan Eskow.
In the meantime, the university says it is open and operating on a normal schedule, with just weeks left in the semester, as negotiations continue. This"The continued academic progress of our students is our number one concern, and we will do all that we can so that their progress is not impeded by a strike," Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway said in a statement.
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