![]() The strike marks the first of its kind in the state system's 34-year existence, though there have been a number of faculty strikes at colleges and universities across the country – some effective others not so much – since the start of faculty unionization as we know it in the 1960s. But the two sides were unable to settle on proposed salary raises and changes to health care coverage for faculty. The two bodies had previously managed to agree on some issues, such as professional responsibilities outside the classroom and faculty recruitment and retention strategies, State System spokesman Kenn Marshall told the Associated Press. Members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) union officially began their strike, as planned, at 5 a.m., following unsuccessful attempts the night before by the APSCUF and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to reach an agreement on a new contract. College classrooms and practice fields across the state of Pennsylvania sat empty on Wednesday morning as more than 5,000 faculty and coaches went on strike, forming picket lines on campuses, chanting, and waving signs.
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