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Lessons from the historic and broad-based Rutgers strike.

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First Lady Tammy Murphy’s not-so-quiet campaign to become a U.S. senator makes me nervous. It’s not that Murphy isn’t qualified. She ticks the constitutional requirements, and by many accounts, she has the policy smarts to join the Senate without embarrassing us.

The leaders of the three unions at Rutgers University want to impose the inadequate tentative agreements without giving workers time to study them.

On April 15, it was announced that the first faculty strike in Rutgers history was suspended after the University's administration and three striking Rutgers unions agreed on a framework for fair labor contracts.

The IYSSE urges Rutgers academic workers to build an independent rank-and-file committee to take leadership of the struggle out of the hands of the union bureaucracy.

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<p>Although unions representing graduate workers, lecturers, and full-time faculty must approve them, a framework for agreement has been reached that would deliver significant gains in wages and other demands. </p>

The Rutgers labor coalition says their strike is “suspended” as the sides resolve outstanding issues before a full agreement is reached.

The weeklong Rutgers strike is pausing Monday after unions, the university and New Jersey’s governor announced “framework” deals including large raises. Chicago State and Eastern Illinois also suspend strikes. The weeklong triple-union strike at Rutgers University is pausing today after bargainers reached “framework” deals containing significant raises Friday night. More negotiating must be done before these frameworks become tentative agreements, and union members then must vote on th...