Classes resume at 14 Pennsylvania universities after faculty union strikes deal
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Picketers standing with signs near West Chester University on Oct. 19. (AP Photo/Megan Trimble)
Classes have resumed for more than 100,000 students who attend Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities.
Classes resumed Monday after the union representing more than 5,000 faculty members and coaches reached a tentative contract agreement Friday with the State System of Higher Education.
The new contract provides raises for all employees but also requires them to pick up a greater share of their health care costs. It must now go to the full union membership for ratification.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Professors walked off the job Wednesday morning after the union turned down what the state system said was its last contract offer.
The schools affected are: Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock, and West Chester.