Rider University
Collective bargaining is a process in which representatives from both the AAUP and the University negotiate in good faith over wages, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment, with the goal of entering into a collective-bargaining agreement memorializing those terms and conditions of employment.
The current AAUP collective bargaining agreement expires August 31, 2022. The current negotiating process is meant to result in a new collective-bargaining agreement.
The first negotiating session will be held on June 22, 2022. It is the University’s intention to have a new agreement in place by September 1, 2022.
The AAUP bargaining unit represents full-time faculty, full-time librarians, full-time members of the professional athletic staff and full-time clinicians , who are substantially involved in the teaching and evaluation of Rider undergraduate and graduate students, but only during the periods of their appointments. It also represents adjunct faculty, part-time librarians, part-time and seasonal professional athletic staff, who are substantially involved in the teaching and evaluation of Rider University undergraduate and graduate students, but only during the periods of their appointments.
A renegotiated contract will help achieve short-term cost reductions and longer-term structural adjustments that will ultimately position Rider to achieve financial stability, while still providing bargaining unit members competitive terms and conditions of employment.