Post by Logan on Jun 17, 2016 2:40:00 GMT -6
Tentative Contract Deal at CUNY Ends Stalemate and Strike Threat
The City University of New York reached a tentative contract agreement with its faculty and staff members on Thursday, ending a six-year stalemate and staving off a threatened walkout at the start of the fall semester.
The deal would give 25,000 employees represented by the Professional Staff Congress, the university’s largest union, 10.41 percent in compounded salary increases over seven years, from October 2010 through November 2017. It would also provide bonuses of up to $1,000 for workers.
Beyond salary issues, the agreement would offer adjunct faculty members — whose ranks have swelled in recent years, especially at CUNY’s four-year colleges — longer appointments of up to three years, rather than subjecting them to yearly or even semester renewals. CUNY’s professional staff, which includes program directors and student service providers, would also be given more chances for career advancement.
The deal must still be approved by CUNY’s board of trustees, as well as union members, in a process that could last several weeks. But both sides expressed optimism, and relief, that a deal had finally been struck.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/nyregion/tentative-contract-deal-at-cuny-ends-stalemate-and-strike-threat.html
The City University of New York reached a tentative contract agreement with its faculty and staff members on Thursday, ending a six-year stalemate and staving off a threatened walkout at the start of the fall semester.
The deal would give 25,000 employees represented by the Professional Staff Congress, the university’s largest union, 10.41 percent in compounded salary increases over seven years, from October 2010 through November 2017. It would also provide bonuses of up to $1,000 for workers.
Beyond salary issues, the agreement would offer adjunct faculty members — whose ranks have swelled in recent years, especially at CUNY’s four-year colleges — longer appointments of up to three years, rather than subjecting them to yearly or even semester renewals. CUNY’s professional staff, which includes program directors and student service providers, would also be given more chances for career advancement.
The deal must still be approved by CUNY’s board of trustees, as well as union members, in a process that could last several weeks. But both sides expressed optimism, and relief, that a deal had finally been struck.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/nyregion/tentative-contract-deal-at-cuny-ends-stalemate-and-strike-threat.html