III. Primary Bargaining Process,, 1970-1979

Summary: Memoranda, correspondence, typed and handwritten notes, clippings, reports, press releases, newsletters, contracts, memoranda of agreement, meeting minutes, AAUP ballots, legal documents, drafts or final versions of articles or papers by Begin and others.

Documents the history of contractual negotiations between the AAUP and the Rutgers administration. Topics include the substance of the negotiations; the character of the bargaining relationship; "intra-organization" issues and discussions within the administration (or between the administration and the Board of Governors and state officials) and within the AAUP (or between the AAUP and other members of the faculty); attitudes toward collective bargaining of management negotiators and constituents, and of union negotiators and constituents; bargaining structure (including rules and laws affecting collective bargaining, and definition of the bargaining unit); the scope of negotiations (what issues covered); and the impact of state legislation on faculty bargaining. Also included are some materials regarding faculty collective bargaining at other colleges and universities in New Jersey and other states.

James Begin sat in as observer during many negotiating sessions between AAUP representatives and Rutgers administrators, as well as separate meetings of the bargaining teams by themselves or with mediators. The Series includes Begin's notes from these meetings, as well as written proposals and negotiating points drafted by the two sides. Also included are notes from Begin's interviews and conversations with individual participants in the bargaining process.