Press Releases
APSCUF faculties approve phased-retirement side-letter
May 10, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, kmorton@apscuf.org or 717-236-7486 Faculty union members at state-owned universities voted this week to ratify a side-letter of agreement for phased faculty retirement. The significant...
read morePA Promise rally to advocate for affordable college, address student debt
March 8, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, kmorton@apscuf.org or 717-236-7486 Students, faculty, and coaches who believe higher education should be affordable can make their voices heard at the Pennsylvania Promise rally, slated...
read moreAPSCUF coaches begin negotiations
July 26, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, kmorton@apscuf.org or 717-236-7486 APSCUF's coach negotiators held a short pro forma meeting today to kick off negotiations for their next contract. The current collective bargaining...
read morePennsylvania cannot cut higher-ed opportunities, APSCUF president says after Rand study release
April 25, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, kmorton@apscuf.org or 717-236-7486 A state-commissioned study released today offered five possibilities for Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities, including merging or...
read moreAPSCUF faculties vote in favor of ratifying one-year agreement
Nov. 17, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, kmorton@apscuf.org or 717-236-7486 Faculty union members at state-owned universities voted this week to ratify their one-year tentative agreement. Of APSCUF faculty members who voted,...
read moreAPSCUF faculty members to vote Nov. 13–15 on one-year tentative agreement
Nov. 2, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, kmorton@apscuf.org or 717-236-7486 Faculty members at state-owned universities will vote Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 13–15, on whether to ratify a tentative contract agreement reached...
read moreState System, APSCUF reach tentative agreement on new contract
October 17, 2017 For release: Immediately Contact: Kathryn Morton, 1-800-932-0587, ext. 3007 (APSCUF) Kenn Marshall, (717) 720-4054 or (717) 329-0809 (State System) Harrisburg – With more than eight months remaining on the current collective bargaining...
read moreClarion University withdraws letter of intent for retrenchment
Sept. 22, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, kmorton@apscuf.org or 717-236-7486 Clarion University withdrew its letter of intent for retrenchment last night, removing the concern of faculty cuts at the end of the 2017–18 year....
read moreFaculty contract negotiations begin
Aug. 9, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, kmorton@apscuf.org or 717-236-7486 Negotiators today formally opened talks for the next faculty contract between the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties...
read moreAPSCUF ready to forge working relationship with interim chancellor
Aug. 4, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, kmorton@apscuf.org or 717-236-7486 Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education this morning named Clarion University of Pennsylvania President Karen M. Whitney its interim...
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