Dear SOM-AAUP Union Members,

After a year of negotiations complicated by the pandemic, our union, the AAUP-BHSNJ and Rowan University have tentatively reached a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that runs from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023.
The highlights of the tentative agreement include the following:

• Effective the first full pay period after October 1, 2019 the base salaries of all AAUP-HSNJ negotiations unit members shall be increased by 2%. (retroactive salary increase)
• Effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2021, the base salaries of all AAUP-BHSNJ negotiations unit members shall be increased by 2%.
• Effective the first full pay period after December 1, 2021, the base salaries of all AAUP-BHSNJ negotiations unit members shall be first increased by 2%.
• Effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2022, the base salaries of all AAUP-BHSNJ negotiations unit members shall be first increased by 2%.
• An optional new health insurance plan (Unity PPO) which will allow you to save money when compared with Chapter 78 rates.
• An additional stipend above for librarians, as well as a process to address salary inequity.

A full copy of the MOA along with a link to vote on the MOA will be sent to all Voting SOM-AAUP faculty and librarians within the next few days. 

As we look forward to 2023, we will be putting together a group of faculty to look at issues concerning job security, parking fees, and clinical pay, which we were unable to change in this contract.

Thank you to our team who made this happen, including Kevin Block, Dr. Robert Nagele, Dr. Venkateswar Venkataraman, Dr Deborah Williams.

Sincerely,
AAUP-BHSNJ