Philosopher Steve Hales (Bloomsburg) noted the victory in a comment on the earlier thread, and now Larry Udell, a philosophy professor at West Chester University, writes with some additional details and links:
You may have heard that our union recently fought off an attempt at not only union-busting, but a clear attempt to move our state system closer to community college status and away from university status. I thought I’d send this along.
NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/us/pennsylvania-universities-faculty-strike.html?_r=0
Union’s press release: http://apscuf.org/news-center/press-releases/279-apscuf-makes-contract-concessions-for-quality-education-ends-strike .
Of special note: the State System attempted to pit regular faculty vs. adjuncts and students by offering higher pay raises for full-time faculty with the remainder of their package. We rejected that and took less money in order to ensure that we remain more like universities. (E.g.: this semester I have 170 students in 4 classes, with no TA. So I read and grade all of their essays – along with trying to fit in some research.
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