In February, the Utica University President presented a budget for the following fiscal year that included a surplus. Less than five months later, he announced plans to cut $5 million from annual faculty costs through layoffs, a plan that could require firing 1/3 of the full-time faculty.
This is the story of how it unfolded, and what the union, AAUP Utica/AFT 6786, is doing to fight back.