NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (1010 WINS) — Faculty unions at Rutgers University worked through the Easter holiday weekend to avoid a possible strike at the state's largest public university.
If negotiations fail, over 9,000 Rutgers University employees voted to authorize union leaders to call a strike at any time.
If a strike occurs, it will be the first in the university's over 250-year history and one of the largest in higher education history.
Classes could be canceled for nearly 67,000 students on the New Brunswick-Piscataway, Newark and Camden campuses.
At the heart of the unions’ demands are increased pay and better job security for graduate workers and part-time lecturers, who must reapply for their jobs every semester, regardless of how long they’ve taught on campus.
Union officials said they plan to hold an online town hall for members at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, where they expect "to have important decisions and plans to make together" about a possible strike this week.
School officials said in a statement earlier this week that the university administration is committed to working as hard as possible to negotiate "fair, reasonable and responsible" contracts.
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