The College Council is comprised of 11 AFT Locals and represents over 10,000 faculty, adjunct faculty, librarians and professional staff.
The Council of New Jersey State College Locals - American Federation of Teachers is comprised of 11 locals at New Jersey's nine senior State Colleges & Universities including The College of New Jersey, Kean University, Montclair State University, New Jersey City University and the A. Harry Moore School, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Stockton University, Rowan University, Thomas Edison State College and William Paterson University.
10/17/2022
Join The Fight for Union Jobs! Americans across our country are fighting to join unions because workers know that together, we can win better standards of living and working conditions. Voting in this election will send a message from working families to our elected leaders that we want them to support the right to organize...
04/08/2022
Do you have questions about Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)? We're here to help. Join AFT Higher Education & our partners at Summer on 4/12 for a webinar to go through the changes to PSLF & how we can help you save with Summer.
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9016481377235/WN_NqMbUZkrTC2CNQC5hZcRzA
10/13/2021
Join AFT President Randi Weingarten, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Gov. Phil Murphy on Oct. 16 at 8 a.m. for the Bergen County CLC Labor Walk at IBEW 164, 205 Robin Road in Paramus.
https://www.aft.org/disaster-relief-fund
AFT Disaster Relief - Donation Center The AFT Disaster Relief Fund is used throughout the year to provide support to members and communities directly impacted by a natural or man-made disaster. In the past this has included losses from hurricanes, wildfires flooding and earthquakes. To distribute funds we work closely with state and loc...
06/23/2021
TAKE ACTION! Urge Your Lawmakers to Support the Responsible Collective Negotiations Act Please ask your state Senator and Assembly members to support the “Responsible Collective Negotiations Act” – also known as the “Janus 2” bill. This legislation would build on the “The Workplace Democracy Enhancement Act,” which was enacted in 2018 to address several outstanding issues...
06/17/2021
Our Union is asking members to tell your state legislators to support S-3810 and A-5862 the Responsible Collective Negotiations Act. This bill will prevent the State from imposing its last offer at future Master Contract negotiations.
AFT New Jersey New Jersey State AFL-CIO
TAKE ACTION! Urge Your Lawmakers to Support the Responsible Collective Negotiations Act Please ask your state Senator and Assembly members to support the “Responsible Collective Negotiations Act” – also known as the “Janus 2” bill. This legislation would build on the “The Workplace Democracy Enhancement Act,” which was enacted in 2018 to address several outstanding issues...
11/11/2020
Important info for New Jersey Adjuncts:
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Nov. 10 signed legislation that will enable adjunct professors in the Garden State to collect unemployment insurance benefits.
http://aftnj.org/topics/news/aftnj-news/2020/new-ui-law-is-a-victory-for-n-j-s-adjuncts/
New UI law is a victory for N.J.’s adjuncts – American Federation of Teachers New Jersey, AFL-CIO
Kean University announces the creation of Equity in Action: the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
The Kean Federation of Teachers chief negotiator and the University’s Assoc. VP for Employee Relations recently commented on what’s possible when labor and management work cooperatively to address racial and social justice inequities in Higher Education. This is an important step in not only addressing shared goals for diversifying the Kean community, but also, it’s a restart of cooperative labor-management relations at Kean.
Associate Vice President for Employee Relations Kenneth Green said the fellowship is the first program to launch from Kean's new Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. “It shows what is possible when labor and management work cooperatively to realize our shared goals for diversity and equity,” Green said.
Frank Argote-Freyre, associate professor of Latin American History and negotiations chair for the Kean Federation of Teachers, said the lack of diversity in higher education is a problem throughout the United States.
"The fellows program is an important step towards diversifying our Kean University community,” he said. “Racial and social justice needs to begin at home. As we build a more diverse and equitable university, it is crucial that our faculty serve as role models."
06/10/2020
AFT Local 6025 Union Brothers Arnie Korotkin and Bob Russo attended the Black Lives Matter protest rally in Montclair, NJ on Saturday June 6th.
06/10/2020
Official Council Statement on Black Lives Matter
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