Broncs defeat The Wildcats Rider News 3-0 www.theridernews.com The student newspaper of the Rider community since 1930 Volume 82, Issue II - Friday, September 30, 2011 10 STRIKE TALK Key AAUP negotiating session set for today By Emily Landgraf on edge, but we had a meet-
[email protected] ing [Tuesday]. We had well The faculty union offi- over 100 faculty. All were pre- cers of the Rider chapter of pared, they said, if necessary [to the American Association of strike]. The general sentiment University Professors (AAUP) was, ‘We don’t want a strike, are preparing for the possibility but we will if we have to.’” of a strike vote if contract nego- If negotiations continue tiations do not move forward without progress, there is a today. chance that a strike vote will be The AAUP represents called, Halpern said. A strike Rider faculty, coaches and vote grants the union leaders professional librarians, and authority to call a strike if they the union’s contract extension feel it is necessary. expires today. “If we don’t make progress Negotiations between the this Friday, then we’re going union and university adminis- to be looking probably to trators broke down last Friday, have an emergency meeting of according to Jeffrey Halpern, our members and talk about contract administrator and what our courses are,” Halpern chief grievance officer for said. “That would probably be AAUP and a sociology profes- sometime next week. I’m still sor. Halpern said that he had hoping, but I’m not very opti- hoped the meeting would lead mistic at this point that things to more progress.