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Thursday, April 27, 2006

CUNY faculty approve contract after working four years without agreement

CUNY faculty approve contract after working four years without agreement
Source: NY Times

MANHATTAN: SETTLEMENT FOR CUNY FACULTY The union representing 20,000 City University faculty members, who have been working without a contract since November 2002, announced a tentative 58-month settlement yesterday. The union, the Professional Staff Congress, said the accord includes raises totaling 9.5 percent for 11,000 full-time and 9,000 part-time professors. "It's the best possible agreement within very tough political and economic constraints," said Barbara Bowen, the union's president. The agreement raises sabbatical pay to 80 percent of salary, from 50 percent, and gives nontenured faculty members a paid year to do research without teaching. STEVEN GREENHOUSE (NYT)

 



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