During the AFT Membership Meeting on 11/15, Union leadership made the following statement about the Pre-Doctoral Fellows Program: “What are you going to do, bring in the minorities and fire the white people who have been committed to the university?”
We are appalled by the racist assumptions behind this statement. The Solidarity Caucus supports all efforts at William Paterson to diversify our faculty and to support our colleagues of color. We are expressly against divisive declarations that imply Union leadership is not fighting equally for everyone.
We will encourage our Union leadership to address this statement with members and to assure us that they will fight for each and every member.
Solidarity Caucus 