Rutgers students walked into empty classrooms on Monday morning as their professors demonstrated outside, during the first teaching strike in university history. “I'm all for these teachers. I hope they get paid,” said freshman Richard Cuevas.
Donate nowRutgers students walked into empty classrooms Monday morning as their professors demonstrated outside in what is the first teaching strike in the university's history.
Gov. Phil Murphy convened a meeting at noon Monday between university administrators and union representatives in the hopes of reaching a fair deal. Dory Devlin, a spokeswoman for Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway, said the administration was encouraged by Murphy’s call for talks “and are hopeful that we can quickly come to a resolution of the remaining outstanding issues.”
Epstein and other faculty skipped classes under a threat of legal action from the Rutgers administration, which says prior court cases have established public worker strikes are illegal as a matter of common law. No New Jersey statute, however, makes public worker strikes illegal, and union heads have told their members they won’t face legal consequences unless the university both convinces a court to order an end to the strike, then subsequently finds striking faculty in contempt.
In New Brunswick, teachers and students gathered at three picketing sites, including along busy College Avenue where Rutgers bus drivers, fire trucks and cars honked in support and students joined the protests. Other students sat along the grass or break-danced nearby as crowds chanted, “Equal work for equal pay” and “Our school.”“More than half of my classes are taught by adjuncts and part-time professors and TAs [teaching assistants]," Khan said.
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