Hey Holla Forums, I haven’t seen this brought up yet, but if you go to a state school/university in Pennsylvania, you’re probably fucked. The teacher’s union is going on strike, and since the ‘confirmed’ announcement won’t be until 5:00 EST, I figured this would be a nice cozy thread for you all-nighter/sleepless friends. To summarize this quickly, the union wants gibs and the state is like Paul Krugman on crack when it comes to being completely inept with money. The teachers have gone without a contact for over a year, and they’ve been negotiating with the state for some time now. Here are the players;
The union; Association of Pennsylvania State College and Univerisity Faculties (APSCUF)
twit ter.com/APSCUF
APSCUF President Kenneth Mash Btw, Mash is one real grade-A faggot on his twitter account with some of the shit he’s saying.
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Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (the state)
twit ter.com/statesystem
Right now they are flinging shit at each other on twitter because talks have broken down and while the strike hasn’t been ‘”officially” announced, just about anybody within the vicinity of Mash is basically hearing ‘yea, the strike is pretty much on’. This has been brewing for months now, and it has finally come to this. Since the union has never gone on strike, they really don’t know what the fuck they’re doing, with the general assumption that it will only last 2-3 days. However, after two weeks their pay/benefits are up and some teachers have already stated they need to cross the picket line because of this. The other thing that’s getting brought up is that if the strike goes on for more than two weeks, our entire semester might get nuked and will not count at all. So now +100,000 will ask for refunds, and the Pennsylvania has to find a way to refund all that money. Plus, some teachers might not strike and still teach (scabs, etc.) and we might even get a fucking administrative desk clerk to teach our +400 level STEM classes. Yay! Also, both sides wanted a media blackout, which has completely fallen apart as well. It was annoying, because for the longest time we had no clue what they were negotiating. No one knows what kind of documents are being passed around. Now we do, sort of. One side says ‘we did this’, the other side will say ‘but actually it was…’, etc. So after weeks of being in the dark, we’re finally starting to get to business and see some of the details that are being brought forth.
Anyways, I didn’t see a thread up, so I made one. Pennsylvania faggots, get in here and let’s talk.. I put together some stuff, it isn’t 100% everything, but I’m not a machine and just trying to get a thread up. I have a feeling this is going to last a few days, so let’s bunker down.
