Some 2,000 administrative, professional and supervisory staff at Rutgers University—including administrative assistants, program directors, chefs and accountants—are union members, thanks to the strong connection between political strength and building the union movement.
The New Jersey labor board Wednesday certified that a majority of the workers signed cards authorizing the Union of Rutgers Administrators/AFT to represent them. But the victory would not have come without strong support from elected officials—including the governor, a U.S. senator and key state legislators—and community, religious and union groups, organizers said.
This win comes on the heels of the decision by nearly 1,200 dealers at Bally’s Atlantic City who voted to join the UAW this week and 850 dealers at Caesars Atlantic City and 600 dealers at Trump Plaza who voted for UAW representation in March.
Reprinted from the AFL-CIO news blog, http://blog.aflcio.org
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Some 2,000 administrative, professional and supervisory staff at Rutgers University—including administrative assistants, program directors, chefs and accountants—are union members, thanks to the strong connection between political strength and building the union movement.
The New Jersey labor board Wednesday certified that a majority of the workers signed cards authorizing the Union of Rutgers Administrators/AFT to represent them. But the victory would not have come without strong support from elected officials—including the governor, a U.S. senator and key state legislators—and community, religious and union groups, organizers said.
This win comes on the heels of the decision by nearly 1,200 dealers at Bally’s Atlantic City who voted to join the UAW this week and 850 dealers at Caesars Atlantic City and 600 dealers at Trump Plaza who voted for UAW representation in March.
Reprinted from the AFL-CIO news blog, http://blog.aflcio.org