9,000 Rutgers University employees go on strike
Hundreds of faculty, staff members and students took to picket lines across three campuses, CBS2's Christine Sloan reports.
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Hundreds of faculty, staff members and students took to picket lines across three campuses, CBS2's Christine Sloan reports.
The campus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick looked quite different Monday morning as hundreds of students, staff and faculty took to the picket lines.
Students, faculty, staff and community members are on the picket line after unions representing 9,000 workers voted to strike. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado has more.
Students, faculty, staff and community members started picketing Monday outside Scott Hall on the New Brunswick campus. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
Unions representing 9,000 faculty and staff plan to walk off the job at 9 a.m. Monday as contract talks continue. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
The unions representing the workers say they have worked with the school for nearly a year to get new contracts, but the sides are still far apart on several issues. CBS2's Jessica Moore reports.
If they do strike, it would be the first time Rutgers professors and faculty have walked off the job. CBS2's Jessica Moore reports.
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The unions say their 15,000 members who make Rutgers work are frustrated and deserve a contract.
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A third incident, which police say is unrelated, happened at the school's Student Center.
One incident took place at a student center, the other two at off campus housing. CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
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Two women living in the same house say they woke to find a man sexually assaulting them. CBS2's Elijah Westbrook reports.
The incidents happened a day apart at the same home on Central Avenue in New Brunswick. CBS2's Jessica Moore has the story.
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