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COLUMBUS – Ohio’s State Employee Relations Board (SERB) ruled in an emergency hearing today that the faculty strike at Wright State University is legal. The board’s formal determination reads: “SERB finds that the strike is authorized,” according to information provided by AAUP-WSU. Representatives from both university administration and the faculty union, also known as the […]
FAIRBORN, OH – On Tuesday morning, Wright State’s faculty union took to various locations across campus to strike against university administration. Protesters convened at 8 a.m., holding picket signs reading “On Strike for Wright” and “#fightingforwright.” Protesting faculty members will not complete work for the university while on strike, according to Rudy Fichtenbaum, chief negotiator […]
In the event of a strike at Wright State, students, staff, and faculty will be offered free transportation to and from the Dayton Campus. Starting Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 8 a.m., a shuttle service will make regular trips to campus, according to an email from the Office of Communications. The shuttle will pick people in […]
The start of a possible faculty strike at Wright State grows closer by the day. Over the holiday break, tensions came to a head when the faculty union, otherwise known as the Wright State Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-WSU) voted to file its intent to strike. 85 percent of voting members […]
Wright State administration has expressed its intent to begin negotiations over the next faculty contract, effective in 2020, if the faculty union withdraws its Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) charge against the university. Wright State General Counsel and Board of Trustees member Larry Chan informed the faculty union that administration is willing to begin negotiations for […]
