Post by Logan on Apr 10, 2016 1:36:33 GMT -6
Faculty union decides against strike at Pa. universities this academic year
STATE COLLEGE (AP) — The union representing professors and coaches at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities says members have decided against a walkout before the academic year ends in May.
But the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties says delegates at its legislative assembly voted Saturday to take a strike authorization vote either during the summer or at September's meeting if there is no progress in contract negotiations.
Union president Kenneth Mash said members decided that a strike at the very end of the semester "would unfairly burden students and their families." The union says members have been working under an expired contract for almost a year.
A spokesman for the State System of Higher Education says officials have offered the faculty "virtually the same terms" that other unions have accepted.
www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-university-faculty-wont-strike-20160409-story.html
STATE COLLEGE (AP) — The union representing professors and coaches at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities says members have decided against a walkout before the academic year ends in May.
But the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties says delegates at its legislative assembly voted Saturday to take a strike authorization vote either during the summer or at September's meeting if there is no progress in contract negotiations.
Union president Kenneth Mash said members decided that a strike at the very end of the semester "would unfairly burden students and their families." The union says members have been working under an expired contract for almost a year.
A spokesman for the State System of Higher Education says officials have offered the faculty "virtually the same terms" that other unions have accepted.
www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-university-faculty-wont-strike-20160409-story.html