Associate Professor, American Studies & History, Rutgers University. Hiker; rural communard; reluctant user of technology.
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ALT Image of Rutgers union protest, with an overlay of President Holloway's email letterhead.
ALT To our members and students: you received a “Second Update on Labor Negotiations” that makes misleading statements about our right to withhold our labor if necessary to win a fair contract and a better Rutgers. We are disappointed that President Holloway chose to misinform the Rutgers community this afternoon—our students included—instead of joining us at the bargaining table to learn the facts about what we are proposing, as we have repeatedly invited him to do.
ALT There is no statute in New Jersey that makes a strike by public employees illegal—only courts sometimes enjoin strikes once they occur. If President Holloway and his attorneys were to go to court for such an injunction, they would do so against the will of the “beloved community,” which was expressed unequivocally earlier this month in the overwhelming support for strike authorization.
ALT A work stoppage is always the last resort. But if one happens, the responsibility will lie with the university administration, which for decades has grossly underpaid its adjunct faculty, devastated the libraries through draconian cuts, and damaged our graduate programs by denying graduate workers a livable wage in one of the most expensive regions in the country.
