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The new unionists think in terms of the organizing drives of the mid- to late-1930s, a near-century’s worth of hind-gazing. It’s a perspective that interferes with their ability to act in the here-and-now, a perspective that misses opportunities to reimagine what a union can accomplish. This was the case for the part-time faculty (adjuncts) union at Rutgers University in New Jersey, whose strike recently ended in a major victory. A lucky, and to some extent unanticipated, confluence of...

“The South got something to say, workers here have something to say.”

Gov. Phil Murphy, Rutgers and unions representing striking faculty announced a tentative agreement early Saturday morning to end the weeklong walkout.

Grueling talks plod on as Rutgers tenured professors hold out to help lesser paid adjuncts and graduate student workers.

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Grueling talks plod on as Rutgers tenured professors hold out to help lesser paid adjuncts and graduate student workers.

Grueling talks plod on as Rutgers tenured professors hold out to help lesser paid adjuncts and graduate student workers.

Grueling talks plod on as Rutgers tenured professors hold out to help lesser paid adjuncts and graduate student workers.

At the end of the first day of the first-ever faculty strike at Rutgers University, union members heard an update from their leaders.