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arbitration if a contract was not Along with the lawsuit. I
reached by December 31. 668 i13 28,675 r86
APSCUF last week presented a 6 880 t37
APSCUF subsequently filed a counter. proposal regarding i
lawsuit against SSHE, citing a salary lncreases over the next
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violation of a Commonwealth three years, instead of the

of Pennsylvania
regarding the State System's
proposal to change the annual
service increments for faculfv
from 5 percent to 2.5 percent.
Because of the lawsuit beine
considered, the Statc Systeri
proposed another extension of
the contract until the lcsal
issues are resolved in court or
until December 31, whichcvcr
comes first.
APSCUF's grounding for thc
lawsuit is based on an alleccd
violation of a srate law tAct I82
of 1963) thar specifies rhat
salary ranges can be adjusted
stafute original four-year deal that was
rejected by the State System.
The new APSCUF deal calls
for a 3.75 percent increase over rt2s784
the first two years and a 3.9 @t*lose.el
percent increase in the third
year. The State System has said
that they will respond to
APSCUF's latest proposal no
later than Friday, Sept. 24.
"lf APSCUF;s allegations are
correct conceming the State
Systcnr's proposal to adiust the -
MoNEY MATTERS The current faculty
-contract negotiations targety
salary ranges. the State System
issues of dollars and cents. APSCUF, thd fa.culty ""r:ttT;ttlf
union]-niJlireo su"ii lgiinritriJ'st"t"
System of .Higher Education, contending that it is'illegal ioi S-Sl-lE to increase
would reconsider its positibn on the number
of salary steps at each of the four acad6mic ranks. fh; $i,ooA.r g gross
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"As far as discussing the
APSCUF. . . continuedfromPagel
that point," said Thomas S.
Giott6, SSHE's chief negotiator.
,Y; Compensation being frozen
for boih summer school and
class overloads at the 1995 rate
were two additional concerns of
APSgUF.
For a strike to occur on the
part of the facultY union, there
'"te fout stePs that must be
taken.
First, The Legislative
Assem6ly must authorize . a
.irif. u"ltftotization vote to be
taken ar4ong the facultY. . This
step was comPleted in APril.
skills
of
SecondlY, bY, virtue a
secret ballot, the facultY must
cast enough votes to authorize
the Execulive Council to call a
strike. This vote will take Place
on MondaY, 'SeP. 27, and
Tuesday, SePt.28. .
Third, the negotiations team
must inform the State Executive
Council that negotiations are at
an impasse.
Ana fir-rallY, the last sleP
involves the State Executive
Council actually calling a strike'
According t6 a camPus-wide
e-mail senf out to Edinbqro mdnagers to teach in
Lrniversig facultY last week, of a strike.
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APSCUF contends that the
State System doesn't believe the
faculty has the wherewithal to
strike. It was also noted in the
e-mail that in the event of a
strike, SSHE plans to keeP all of
its campuses uP and running,
with staffrng PrimarilY coming
from temporary emPloYees.
According to an Associated
Press article, however, SSHE
sDokesman Kenn Marshall said
there are no Plans to hire
reDlacement facultY or assign
the event