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February 12, 2019

Faculty at Wright State University End 20-Day Strike
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Faculty members at Wright State University in Ohio ended a 20-day strike
Sunday evening-the longest such labor action in the state's history and
the second longest at a public college anywhere in the U.S. The strike
started following the imposition of a contract by the school that
educators say worsened working conditions and decreased benefits. This
is Crystal B. Lake, a faculty member from Wright State, speaking to
Democracy Now!

Crystal B. Lake: "Fifteen thousand students here, they are from
low-income families. They're first-generation college students. They're
veterans. They're differently abled. They're nontraditional students.
Most of us at Wright State are here in the first place because we're
deeply committed to our university's mission of ensuring that a wide
range of students can benefit from advantages conferred by an affordable
and high-quality college degree."

We'll have more on this story after headlines with Rudy Fichtenbaum,
president of the American Association of University Professors.


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