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Faculty strike at HACC disrupts classes, draws community and student support
November 4, 2025 // Educators at HACC Central Pennsylvania's Community College are on strike after stalled contract negotiations and no salary increases since unionizing in 2022. The strike, which began following 13 hours of failed talks last week, drew support from students, educators, and community members, but has left many students without instructors on Monday.
DA drops all charges against two union reps arrested for trespassing at HACC Lancaster
January 17, 2024 // The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office has dropped trespassing charges against two teachers union employees who were arrested after they set up an information table at the Lancaster campus of HACC last summer. Pennsylvania State Education Association staff members Lauri Lebo Rakoff and Adam Weber were arrested Aug. 30 after they refused to leave campus while promoting the union. They were arrested by East Lampeter Township police and released soon after. The district attorney’s office filed defiant trespass charges against the two Aug. 31; the office dropped the charges Jan. 2. A spokesman for the district attorney said the two parties came to an agreement and the complainant requested the charges be dropped.