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Eastern Michigan University faculty members ratify four-year labor agreement

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Faculty members at Eastern Michigan University have voted to ratify a new four-year labor agreement with the school.

The Eastern Michigan University chapter of the American Association of University Professors said Friday that 96% of its members voted in favor of the deal which would include pay raises and more favorable health care coverage.

Dozens of faculty members began picketing Sept. 7 at the school, about 35 miles southwest of Detroit.

COLLEGE STUDENTS THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE IF CONGRESS DOESN'T PASS VOTING BILL

The union and the school's administration had been split over salary increases and how much faculty members should pay for health care. Union leaders had argued that the school’s proposal for health care would have saddled its members with thousands of dollars in additional costs.

Striking faculty members returned to their classrooms Sept. 12, after a deal was reached with the university to end the walkout.

Eastern Michigan University faculty strike outside Welch Hall along Cross Street in Ypsilanti on Sept. 7, 2022. Faculty members at Eastern Michigan University voted Sept. 24, to ratify a new four-year labor agreement with the school. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP, File)

The new contract would cover more than 500 tenured and tenure-track faculty and includes $4,000 raises in base pay or 4% in the first year of the agreement, whichever is greater, as well as 3.25% base pay increases in the second and third years, the union said.

ARIZONA COLLEGE STUDENTS THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE IF VOTING BILL ISN'T PASSED BY JAN. 17

Faculty also would receive the same health care options as administrators and other groups on campus,

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