14 Pennsylvania University faculties (5,500) could strike

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_5strike.5914746jun26,0,2133951.story

June 26, 2007
University faculties could strike
Contract expires this weekend. State schools may be affected.
By Genevieve Marshall Of The Morning Call

Summer classes at Kutztown University and the 13 other state universities could be interrupted next month if faculty members strike over a contract that expires Saturday.

Some state universities would be affected immediately should union leadership call for a strike this weekend. The majority of the union's 5,500 members authorized a strike in April.

East Stroudsburg University students in the second summer session should attend their classes Monday, university officials said.

Courses will be canceled and full refunds given if the instructor does not show up for the first class because of a strike, said Kenn Marshall, spokesman for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

The faculty union is not required to give notice to university officials if they call a strike, he said. There could be little or no notice.

''I don't know if that's what they would do,'' Marshall said. ''We've never been in this position before.''


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