Hundreds of Rutgers University faculty and staff, along with students, took to picket lines across three campuses. csloantv reports.
Nine thousand employees walked off the job Monday, and now Gov. Phil Murphy has stepped in to try to settle the contract disputes.
"We are standing our ground. It's been decades and decades of using cheap labor to teach students. The turnover so high, the pay is so poor," Rutgers adjunct faculty union president Amy Higer said. Their demands?Union leaders, who also held a rally, say adjunct faculty and graduate students make poverty wages while the university puts millions into sports.
Rutgers officials were not available for an on-camera interview, but in a statement said they expect classes to go on as normal and"we are working hard to reach fair and reasonable agreements with our unions, but no matter the outcome of the labor negotiations, the wellbeing of all Rutgers students will remain top priority.""If we don't get a resolution, there are many losers, including many thousands of students who go to Rutgers," Murphy said.
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