[The following blog entry was put together by Laura Saccente, Government Relations director in the Harrisburg office — Steve]

Let me begin by stating my initial thoughts about attending the Harrisburg Capitol Rally “to save the American Dream” were not exactly enthusiastic. For starters, I have been battling the flu for a week. Second, my husband was working, and so I had to wake my nine-month-old Ethan from a peaceful sleeping state inside to join a boisterous crowd of hundreds outdoors. But I strapped on the Baby Bjorn (aka baby carrier) and headed out to see what was going on in Harrisburg. read more…

Lock Haven University Professor Mark Cloud, chair of State APSCUF’s Meet and Discuss Team, recently co-authored a study with his daughter, Jaime C. Confer, titled, “Sex Differences in Response to Imagining a Partner’s Heterosexual or Homosexual Affair.” read more…

The Shippensburg chapter of APSCUF hosted a two-hour rally Thursday to support union members in Wisconsin.  All of the Harrisburg television stations (as well as the NBC affiliate form Hagerstown, MD) attended the event and interviewed SU APSCUF President Deb Jacobs. read more…

Join APSCUF-SU and AFSCME, as well as anyone who supports the right of public employees to participate in collective bargaining, in a show of support for our Wisconsin sisters and brothers. Union busting is not the answer to America’s economic distress.Mark it down:  read more…

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education faculty members condemn Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s tactics