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The Bargaining and Negotiation Files of the Rutgers Council of American Association of University Professors Chapters date from 1967-2004; the bulk of the material covers the period between 1974 and 1997. The records consist of 16.4 cubic feet of material stored in 16 records center cartons, one manuscript box, and one oversize box. The papers contain material generated by the formal bargaining relationship between the RCAAUP and the Rutgers administration. The collection is divided into series based upon the subject of negotiations, usually the Agreement Between Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and Rutgers Council of the American Association of University Professors Chapter. Several series contain discrete groupings formed by self-contained negotiations on a particular topic, like extra compensation for select faculty; however, only material unconnected to the contract or contractual implementation, namely the negotiations related to University Regulations 3.70-3.90, have been delegated to a unique series.

Some records in this collection are restricted in access due to the confidentiality issues involved in the individual faculty grievance cases which are interspersed throughout the collection. Please contact in advance for access to this collection.

Responding to New Jersey Public Law 303, which established the ability of New Jersey state employees to formally bargain for their contracts, the Presidents of Rutgers University's three American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapters sent a letter to their faculty colleagues on October 15, 1969. This letter announced the formal creation of the Council of Rutgers AAUP Chapters (RCAAUP) and their intent to become the "sole bargaining representative" of Rutgers faculty. They organized a successful recognition campaign to be acknowledged as the faculty's bargaining representative and had faculty members sign a card designating the RCAAUP as their bargaining agent. David L. Cole of the American Arbitration Association certified the card check on February 2, 1970, and the first negotiations with Rutgers University soon commenced. Two years later, in March 1972, graduate students joined the bargaining unit.

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