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Greetings, 1. URA-AFT to Boycott Rutgers President's Address Friday2. Boycott Fun: Top Ten Things To Do Friday Instead of Attending the President's Address 3. Corzine or Christie? Make Your Choice On the Issues 4. Update: Candidates Nominated for URA-AFT Elections 5. Thurs, 9/24: Contract Committee Meeting 1. URA-AFT to Boycott Rutgers President's Address Friday Over the past month, Rutgers university management has failed to talk and failed to deliver promised proposals while continuing to withhold contracted raises and lay off workers. The Union of Rutgers Administrators—American Federation of Teachers' (URA-AFT) petitioned management, took out ads in newspapers and distributed a public letter at the opening day football game denouncing the university’s callous disregard for workers. With no response from management, the union is calling for members to boycott president Richard McCormick's annual address to the university community Friday. Read more at http://www.ura-aft.org/node/259
2. Top Ten Things To Do Friday Instead of Attending the President's Address 10. 11:30-12:30 CAC. Rutgers Historical Tour. The walking tour, which takes about an hour,
explores the origins of Rutgers, its traditions, and
architectural points of interests. http://ruinfo.rutgers.edu/visitingRU/historictours
and the number 1 thing to do: 1. Stream the president's address on your pc...turn off the sound and make your own dialogue 3. Corzine or Christie? Make Your Choice On the Issues URA-AFT members are looking for information about the candidates' positions on the issues. URA-AFT will link to Gov. Corzine's response to the AFT candidates' questionnaire on education, higher education, health care and worker's rights. Candidate Christie has thus far refused to complete the questionnaire. "The URA-AFT legislative committee wants to make sure URA members are making informed decisions about the respective candidates' positions, which is the most important consideration for voters," said legislative chair Helen Pirrello. URA-AFT president Lucye Millerand was tapped to annouce the AFT NJ endorsement of Governor Jon S. Corzine in his reelection bid Friday in East Brunswick. The list of AFL-CIO endorsed candidates for assembly, which includes worker-friendly candidates from both parties, will be posted in coming days. For those members who are supporting Corzine and ready to get to work, the URA-AFT and AFT Rutgers is coordinating two important activities this coming week: Labor Walk Saturday: Starting in New
Brunswick or Camden, members will meet up, receive campaign
information and a brief training then be paired up to speak with
other union members about this campaign. Call Nat Bender at 732-745-0300 (URA office) or cell 908-377-0393 (cell) to register for this Saturday or with questions about the campaign. Make Phone Calls Wednesday: Starting
Wednesday, Sept. 30, URA-AFT members will be making phone calls
to encourage other AFT members to utilize the new Vote By Mail
system and increase participation. Email legislative chair Helen Pirrello at hpirrello@ura-aft.org to sign up to make phone calls or with questions. 4. Update: Candidates Nominated for URA-AFT Elections November 9 On Monday September 14, 2009 Nominees were accepted and verified by the URA-AFT Election Committee. Candidates for the November 9, 2009 URA-AFT Local 1766
election are as follows: Look for upcoming news and information about the candidates in future newsletters. If you would like to help out the day of the election at the
polling locations, please contact the election committee at
elections@ura-aft.org.
Voting times and locations are listed at http://www.uraaft.org/node/207 5. Contract Committee Meeting Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 - 12 noon to 1 p.m. Douglass Campus Center, meeting room A We will be planning various research projects in support of our next contract. Please RSVP to kneal@rci.rutgers.edu if you can attend. All members are welcome. |
