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HACCEA Faculty Approve Tentative Agreement

November 20, 2025

Over the past two days, HACCEA faculty cast their votes on the tentative agreement reached with the college Sunday night. Faculty have overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying the agreement, with a 94% approval rate.

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The contract still needs to be approved by the administration. We will keep you updated in this space as that process moves forward.​​

 

We thank you for your patience and support during this process and look forward to working with you in our shared learning spaces for the remainder of this semester and beyond. 

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With gratitude,

Your Faculty

HACC Education Association (HACCEA) 

Student Update: Tentative Agreement Reached

November 17, 2025​

We want to share an important update. HACCEA and the College have reached a tentative agreement, and there will be no strike at this time.

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A tentative agreement means both sides have identified contract terms that address the major areas under discussion. Those terms now move into the final review and ratification steps within our Association.

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What this means for you:

  • All classes will continue as scheduled.

  • Striking instructors will return to their normal responsibilities.

  • Additional details about the tentative agreement will be shared once the review process is complete.

 

We appreciate your patience during this period of uncertainty. Our goal throughout has been to support a stable learning environment and ensure clarity for students as soon as accurate information is available. Please continue to check our website for future updates.

Student Update: No Agreement Reached — Strike Planned for Monday

November 13, 2025

Dear Students,

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We want to provide you with the latest information from today’s negotiations between HACCEA and the College. At this time, no agreement has been reached.

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As a result, HACCEA members will begin strike action on Monday unless a contract agreement is reached before that time. We remain ready to meet with the College at any point over the weekend, and it is still possible for negotiations to move forward. 

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Because the situation is active, students should monitor both the College’s and HACCEA’s communications for updates.

 

What this means for you:

  • Beginning Monday, striking instructors will not be teaching unless a last-minute deal is made.

  • The College determines how your educational needs will be met.

  • HACCEA will continue to update this page with accurate information as negotiations continue.

 

We understand that this uncertainty is challenging. Our commitment is to keep you informed with clear, factual updates as this situation develops. Please check this website regularly over the weekend, as circumstances may change quickly if negotiations resume.

Negotiations Progress Made;

Wednesday Strike Postponed

November 12, 2025​

Dear Students,

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Tonight our Negotiations Team met with HACC administration for over 7 hours. Significant progress was made.

 

In good faith, HACCEA agreed to hold-off on striking on Wednesday, November 12. Negotiations will continue Thursday, 11/13 at 2pm. We are hopeful that remaining issues will be resolved then.

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We will continue to keep you updated both here and through email. We are grateful to our students for your continued support through this process.

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With respect and solidarity,
Your Faculty

HACC Education Association (HACCEA)

Message to Students

November 10, 2025

Dear Students,

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We want to let you know that faculty are planning be on strike Wednesday, November 12. We want to ensure the administrators are aware that we are serious about our demand for good-faith bargaining in advance of the negotiations meeting on Tuesday at 5pm. We remain hopeful that this action will motivate college administrators to finally meet with us in good faith and for longer than the 12 minutes they gave us at the last two meetings. We would love to announce to you that a contract has been reached after Tuesday’s meeting and that strike action is no longer necessary.

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This decision was not made lightly. Our goal is not to interrupt your education. Our goal is to protect the value and integrity of your degrees—today and tomorrow. When teaching conditions deteriorate, so do learning conditions, and that’s not acceptable to any of us who care deeply about this college and about you.

 

We know you’ve been receiving messages from the college that may be uncomfortable or confusing. Please know that what you’re reading doesn’t always reflect the reality of what’s happening on the ground. For example, despite college administrators’ claims otherwise, 60% of English classes and 65% of Communication classes—the two highest-enrolled areas at HACC —were disrupted during the last strike action. That is not fake news; that’s the reality of how central your professors are to this institution.

 

We believe our students are smart, strong, and resilient. You know injustice when you see it. You know that when people who love their work reach the point of walking out, it’s because something fundamental is broken.

 

If you want to understand more about why we’re doing this, we’ve created a series of short videos that explain the situation:

  • Chapter 1: The Contract in Plain Language

  • Chapter 2: Peculiar Things (FMLA)

  • Chapter 3: Why We Teach in Prison

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We have more to come. You can find all of them on the front page of our site, where you might need to refresh periodically if you’re not seeing them. Follow #EnoughIsEnough for more teaching and learning from the picket line on the Lancaster campus.

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We truly hope to be back in the classroom as soon as the college shows they’re ready to resolve this seriously. Until then, we’re standing together for a better HACC—for you, and for the generations of students who will come after you.

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With respect and solidarity,
Your Faculty

HACC Education Association (HACCEA)

Update on Today’s Negotiations:

Faculty Remain Ready to Reach a Fair Agreement

November 8, 2025​

Today’s bargaining session ended at 10:11 a.m. without substantive progress. Faculty arrived prepared to discuss proposals that protect students’ learning conditions and the quality of a HACC education; the College did not present materials that would allow the session to move forward.

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Our team will meet noon to review the outcome and determine next steps. Faculty remain ready to negotiate in good faith and to reach a fair, student-centered agreement that provides stability for our classrooms and community. We will share additional information as decisions are finalized.

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We are grateful to our students and community for their continued support for qualified instruction, credible programs, and a strong HACC.

Update for Students: Facts, Clarity, and Integrity

November 6, 2025

Students,

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We want to keep you updated and make sure you have the facts. Today’s negotiation session between faculty and HACC administrators lasted twelve minutes, most of that spent scheduling future meetings. The administration had no document to discuss; we submitted our most recent draft of a contract weeks ago.

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We offered eleven new dates in the next two weeks and two more beyond that. We remain ready to negotiate.

 

While we work toward a fair agreement, you may have seen a series of messages from the administration. Here’s what’s actually happening:

  • Some administrators turned on old or irrelevant content during the strike.

  • Some substitute instructors were added to classes they weren’t qualified to teach.

  • Faculty returned to find their courses changed without their consent, and we’re working to restore academic integrity so you get the high-quality instruction you deserve.

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We also want to acknowledge the tone of recent administrative messages. Within hours of sending emails accusing faculty of “intimidation” and “bullying,” the administration suspended faculty travel pay, sent out an “anti-bullying” reminder, and followed up with a cheerful invitation to Accountability and Integrity Week.

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You can attend the “Accountability and Integrity” event next week. It’s happening on the Harrisburg Campus and online, an excellent opportunity to see organizational messaging in real time.

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We remain committed to you, your education, and your right to learn in a stable, transparent environment led by qualified educators. The College can end this uncertainty at any moment by settling a fair contract that respects faculty, students, and the future of HACC. Admittedly, that process may take longer than twelve minutes.

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Until then, stay steady, stay informed, and know that your professors are fighting for a college worthy of you.

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With honesty and care,
Your Faculty

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Faculty Returning to Class Wednesday

Dear Students,​

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We are writing with an important update. As of 12:01a.m. on November 5, faculty will pause our strike action and return to our classrooms and learning spaces on Wednesday. We made this decision because you deserve stability, clarity, and the education you came here for.

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During the past two days, you experienced firsthand what happens when the College chooses delay over resolution. You were told to come to class only to find empty rooms and no substitutes. You navigated confusion, cancellations, and questions that you should never have had to face.

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You showed up anyway.  You spoke up.  You made your voices heard.

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We hope the administration saw what you saw: HACC does not function without its faculty.

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This moment has made clear the urgent need to settle a fair contract: Not next month, not “someday,” but now. We are confident the administration understands the cost of continued delay to students, employers, communities, programs, trust, and the College’s reputation.

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Tomorrow afternoon, we return to negotiations. If HACC administrators choose resolution and respect for student learning conditions, we expect to remain in our learning spaces and move forward together.

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We cannot guarantee what the administration will do. What we can guarantee is this:

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  • We will always advocate for your learning and your future

  • We will not allow your education to be compromised

  • We are committed to achieving an agreement that keeps HACC strong

 

This strike demonstrated what works and what does not. The College spent time, money, and public trust trying to operate without educators. Meanwhile, students waited without access to their learning environments despite promises to the contrary.

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That cannot continue. You deserve better from the leadership of your College.

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We are hopeful that tomorrow brings a fair agreement. We are ready to teach, ready to support your goals, and ready to deliver the high-quality education you expect and deserve. If the administration again chooses delay instead of resolution, faculty will continue to stand up for a college worthy of its students.

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Thank you for your strength, your kindness, and your voice. You make HACC worth fighting for.

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With solidarity and respect,
Your Faculty

A Message to HACC Students

We saw what happened yesterday, and we want to speak directly to you.

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Many of you came to campus because HACC administration emailed you over the weekend telling you that you must attend class to keep your financial aid. What you found instead were locked classrooms, no instructors, no substitutes and no clarity. News coverage in the area has corroborated that information.

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You deserved better than that.

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You deserved honesty, transparency, and respect, not fear-based messaging, not confusion, and certainly not directives to show up for classes that HACC knew would not be staffed.

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Faculty did not cause this disruption.

HACC’s administration chose it.

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We are ready to teach. We are ready to be in our classrooms with you. We have been fighting for months to prevent this exact situation.

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The College could end this strike today by agreeing to the same basic, student-protecting working conditions community college faculty across Pennsylvania already have and that are reflected in our current college policies, though not always enforced by the administration:

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  • Fair pay that keeps experienced faculty here

  • Real shared governance over curriculum and academic quality

  • Protections for student learning and program standards

  • Job security so your instructors can focus on you, not fear retaliation

 

Instead, HACC sent you messages suggesting you would lose aid if you didn’t come to empty classrooms.

That was wrong. It broke trust with you.

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A college that pressures students instead of being honest with them is not putting student success first.

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What needs to happen now

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For HACC to repair trust and protect its reputation, the administration must:

  • Stop misleading students

  • Stop threatening students with financial aid loss

  • Return to the table this week in good faith

  • Settle a fair contract and bring faculty back into classrooms

 

You deserve stability. You deserve truth. You deserve faculty who are supported to teach you well. We will continue to fight for a college worthy of you.

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Your education matters.
Your time matters.
Your trust matters.

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We are here. We are ready to teach. HACC can end this today... and should.

If you have questions, want updates, or want to support your instructors, visit: HACCEA.org. 

 

With respect and solidarity,
Your Faculty

A Message to Students

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As of 12:01 a.m. on Monday, November 3, HACC faculty are on strike.

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We know this moment may feel uncertain, and we want you to know that your success and stability matter deeply to us. Faculty are committed to your learning, your progress, and your educational future. We are taking this action because we believe in HACC, in our students, and in the quality of your academic experience. During the strike, your classes taught by striking faculty will pause. Some faculty may not be striking, so you should check your courses to understand how your classes are affected. We will return to teaching as soon as a fair agreement is reached.

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What you should do

  • Check your Brightspace and HACC email for updates

  • Follow any instructions your professors give regarding coursework, due dates, or schedule changes

  • Prioritize your academic goals and your well-being

 

If you do not see updated instructions from your professor, hold tight and do not worry; you will not be penalized for circumstances beyond your control.

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What you can expect from us

  • Clearly and respectful communication

  • A commitment to return to class as soon as possible

  • Continued advocacy for your education and your future

 

Our goal is not disruption. Our goal is a strong college that values teaching, learning, and student success.

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A note about safety and respect

You may see messages from HACC administrators suggesting that campus safety could be at risk. We want to reassure you that faculty are here to support student learning, not cause fear or disruption. When faculty previously shared information about union efforts, outside police were called to remove our representative. That was the only safety-related incident connected to this process, and it did not involve students or classroom activity. The involvement of police was a decision made by HACC administration’.

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We believe students deserve transparency, calm communication, and a campus community grounded in trust and respect.

 

Why this is happening
Faculty are working toward a contract that protects:

  • learning conditions

  • academic standards

  • your classroom experience.

 

A strong HACC requires decisions that put students first and support the educators who teach and mentor you. We are striking because we believe in your education, and we are fighting for a HACC worthy of you.

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You are not expected to choose sides.

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Your job is to learn and move toward your goals. We will never ask you to take actions that interfere with your education or comfort. You did not create this situation, and we will never place that burden on you.

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We are here for you

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If you have concerns or need support, please reach out. You matter here. We will keep fighting for the college, the programs, and the students we believe in, and we look forward to being back in the classroom with you as soon as possible.

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With care and solidarity,
Your Professors

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