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Detailing the Terms of UCAN’s Latest Contract Ratification

Detailing the Terms of UCAN’s Latest Contract Ratification

Shreya Sureshkumar, Staff Writer March 25, 2024

As of Jan. 30, the members of United Council of Academics at NJIT (UCAN) ratified a new contract. The two separate agreements — one for adjunct faculty and another for graduate students — include new...

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Talks between UCAN and NJIT Shift after Initial Contract Request Surpasses One Year of Negotiations

Yukthi Sangoi October 28, 2023

The negotiations between NJIT and the union that represents more than 800 teaching and research assistants, post-doctoral fellows, research professionals, and adjunct faculty is entering a new phase now...

Photo taken from a UCAN rally at the Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 17, 2022

We Are NJIT’s Academic Workers, and Enough Is Enough

Nicholas Harty, Contributing Writer September 29, 2023

July 1, 2023 marked one year since the expiration of the United Council of Academics at NJIT’s (UCAN) old employment contracts. Since then, adjuncts, graduate employees, and postdoctoral researchers...

One Job Should Be Enough 

One Job Should Be Enough 

The United Council of Academics at NJIT, known as UCAN, held a rally at the Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 17 in order to publicly demonstrate that NJIT needs to begin bargaining with UCAN’s membership....

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