State College Adjunct Faculty in New Jersey Rally for New Contract

by Tom Nobile More than 10,000 employees at nine state colleges and universities have been working without a contract since July 2015. Staff and students at Ramapo College and Montclair State University held New Orleans’-style funeral marches last week, part of a statewide protest calling for a new contract for employees at nine state colleges and universities. More than 10,000 full-time and adjunct faculty, professional staff and librarians across the state have been working without a contract since July 2015, when their previous contract expired. Because of rising health care costs, this has resulted in college faculty and staff members bringing home less pay now than […]