Faculty At 14 State Schools, Including Kutztown University, Authorize Strike

Professors and faculty members have authorized their union leaders to call a strike, a move that would affect the education of 120,000 students at 14 state-run universities throughout Pennsylvania.

The Association of Pennsylvania State Colleges and University Faculties, the faculty union, said Friday that 95 percent of faculty who voted earlier in the week gave union leadership the option of calling a strike should talks with the State System of Higher Education break down.

The union and the state have been negotiating since July 2011, when the previous contract expired.

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Here is the list of universities:

• Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
• California University of Pennsylvania
• Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
• Clarion University of Pennsylvania
• East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
• Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
• Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
• Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
• Millersville University of Pennsylvania
• Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
• Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
• West Chester University of Pennsylvania