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"The shortsightedness on both sides is counter to my efforts," Wolf said. The governor said he had increased funding to the state system by more than $30 million in the past two years to offset cuts made under the previous administration. Governor Tom Wolf in a statement urged both sides to return to the bargaining table. The walkout, which involves full-time and part-time faculty, comes amid a protracted struggle by university graduate student workers across the United States to unionize and receive better pay. School system officials said they had offered a new proposal that included raises for permanent and temporary faculty and a healthcare package identical to what other state employees receive in order to avert a strike. The union said it proposed a wage package smaller than those given to other state employees and offered healthcare concessions in excess of $50 million, which the school system rejected.
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Thompson, an associate professor of nursing, were among the faculty members picketing at West Chester U. It was the first strike in the systems 34-year history. "Until the State System negotiates a contract APSCUF believes is fair to students and to faculty, faculty members will be on strike." Shorten (left), a professor in the department of health, and Brent W. NBC10’s Monique Braxton is at West Chester University to tell us how this is impacting more than 100,000 students across the commonwealth. "We are headed to the picket lines," the union said in a statement. The national officers have authorised payments from the Fighting Fund in support of members in the following disputes: the HE disputes (USS and Four Fights) starting on 1 December 2021 and, the FE disputes starting in May 2022.