Press Releases
Coaches’ Progress Continues — but No Contract Yet
Oct. 4, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 Coach negotiators made headway yesterday but stopped short of a contract. "We made a lot of progress, but at the end of the day it was disappointing...
APSCUF to Rally at State System Headquarters Oct. 6
Oct. 3, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 Faculty members will stand together Oct. 6 to encourage their employer to bargain a fair contract and prevent a strike. Members of the Association of...
‘We Are Anything but ‘Teaching Machines,” APSCUF VP Says After Difficult Session
Sept. 29, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 Negotiations flared early today as faculty and management teams returned to the table to work on the contract between the Association of Pennsylvania...
APSCUF Returns to Table After Documenting Unfair Labor Practice
Sept. 29, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 Faculty negotiators returned to the bargaining table today to continue contract talks with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education despite...
Coaches Add Second Day to Bargaining Session
Sept. 26, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 Coach negotiators added tomorrow to this week's collective bargaining session, after returning to the table today for talks between the Association...
APSCUF Sets Strike Date, Will Not Walk Out if State System Negotiates Fair Contract
Sept. 23, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 Faculty members will go on strike Oct. 19, unless the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties and the Pennsylvania State...
APSCUF to Discuss Negotiations in Live-Streamed Press Conference Friday
Sept. 22, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 Reporters will have a chance to ask contract-negotiation questions directly to President Dr. Kenneth M. Mash when the Association of Pennsylvania...
Marathon Bargaining Session Ends with Anger and No Agreement
Sept. 21, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 Faculty negotiators left a fourth consecutive day of bargaining with a timeframe in mind for a possible strike, should talks continue to devolve...
Third Consecutive Day of Negotiations Wraps
Sept. 20, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 During their third consecutive day of contract negotiations, teams from the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties and...
APSCUF Requests Binding Arbitration after State System Calls for Fact-Finding
Sept. 20, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 In an effort to expedite a contract that is fair to students, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties today requested...