Press Releases
Press conference addresses shared responsibility for possible faculty retrenchments and other job losses at Commonwealth University
Oct. 21, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486, Ext. 3007 Union leaders from APSCUF, AFSCME, and SCUPA (an affiliate of PSEA)Â on Oct. 21 addressed the possibility of retrenchment and other job...
Media advisory: Oct. 21 press conference to address shared responsibility for possible 70 faculty retrenchments and other job losses at Commonwealth University
WHAT AND WHO: Union leaders from APSCUF, AFSCME, and SCUPA (an affiliate of PSEA) will address the possibility of retrenchment and other job losses at Commonwealth University, which includes Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, and Mansfield campuses. The speakers will address the...
Media advisory: Sept. 28 rally for Affordable College Now! (Harrisburg)
WHAT: Affordable College Now! rally WHEN: Noon on Monday, Sept. 28 WHERE: Front steps of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg. Parking information: https://www.pacapitol.com/plan-a-visit/getting-to-the-capitol.cfm WHY: The rally will advocate for a 15% increase in...
Public higher ed to rally Sept. 28 for affordable college
Aug. 31, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486, Ext. 3007 A coalition of Pennsylvania higher-ed labor unions and proponents have planned a Sept. 28 rally to advocate for a 15% increase in funding...
APSCUF, State System begin negotiations for next faculty contract
Aug. 12, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486, Ext. 3007 Faculty contract negotiations have begun between the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) and...
APSCUF, State System begin negotiations for next coach contract
UPDATE: OCT. 8, 2026 — The next coach negotiations session will be rescheduled for a date to be determined. Aug. 7, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486, Ext. 3007 Coach contract negotiations have...
APSCUF thanks Pennsylvania Promise supporters as PA House passes bill
June 16, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486, Ext. 3007 Following the Pennsylvania House’s passage of HB 2084 (the Pennsylvania Promise bill), Dr. Kenneth M. Mash, president of the Association of...
Higher ed to stand up Nov. 7 for affordability, life-saving research
Nov. 5, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486, Ext. 3007 Higher Education Labor Pennsylvania, a coalition of Pennsylvania higher-ed labor unions and higher-education advocates, have planned Nov. 7...
AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Attacks on Higher Education
‘The Recent Actions of the Trump Administration Constitute a Modern-Day McCarthyism’ Original release: https://www.aft.org/press-release/afts-weingarten-trumps-attacks-higher-education For Release: Monday, March 17, 2025 Contact: Andrew Crook o: 202-393-8637 | c:...
APSCUF resolution calls for Commonwealth University president to ‘resign or to be removed from his position’
Feb. 26, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486, Ext. 3007 Delegates at APSCUF’s February legislative assembly unanimously passed a resolution in solidarity with Commonwealth University faculty and...