The Pennsylvania state system is one of the nation's largest public university systems. They can choose to strike with faculty members, strike independently or not at all. The union includes faculty members from Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester universities.Ĭoaches, however, haven't set a strike date. No updates were provided from either side Wednesday evening on whether negotiations might resume. "We are headed to the picket lines, but even on the picket lines, our phones will be on, should the state system decide it doesn't want to abandon its students," union president Kenneth Mash said. The state said students should report to their scheduled classes unless the university indicates otherwise. State-related schools - Penn State, Temple University, the University of Pittsburgh and Lincoln University - are not affected. This is the first strike in the system's 34-year history. The union represents more than 5,000 faculty members and coaches across the state. because no agreement was reached with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties went on strike at 5 a.m. Professors at 14 state universities went on strike Wednesday, disrupting classes midsemester for more than 100,000 students after contract negotiations hit an impasse.
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