This is what led to the Rutgers strike as a wave of activism hits colleges

Professors, graduate student workers, researchers and other educators at Rutgers University launched an historic strike this week, the latest in a wave of collective bargaining activity that has taken hold at universities across the country over the past few years. The unions participating in the strike represent about 9,000 workers at Rutgers, New Jersey’s flagship public university. As part of the event, protesters demonstrated at picket lines at the three Rutgers campuses across the state and organizers said they expect instruction and “non-critical research” at the school to stop. The...