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Three unions representing approximately 9,000 Rutgers University faculty and staff went on strike Apr. This was the first educator strike in Rutgers history, according to the unions. Phil Murphy urged university and union bargaining committee representatives to meet in his office Monday, according to a statement.
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Yet this group has attracted limited considerations from researchers and policy-makers alike. A 2022 SRHE research award enabled us to conduct what is, to our knowledge, the first UK-wide study of HE-based ‘ancillary staff’ (a term we use to refer to cleaning, security and catering staff while acknowledging that this category is broader).
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