The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) coaches and faculty will begin voting on the terms of a new contract beginning Dec. 5, according to an APSCUF news release.
During the Dec. 5–8 voting period, faculty and coaches will determine whether to ratify their current contract agreements. The vote occurs following more than a year of the state universities’ faculty operating without a contract, culminating in a statewide faculty strike. APSCUF and the state system came to an agreement on Oct. 21, effectively ending the three-day strike.
If agreed upon, the faculties’ contract will remain in place for the next three years, according to an APSCUF news release. APSCUF previously accepted salary and healthcare concessions in exchange for the state system’s tossing of most of its 249 previously proposed changes.
Contracts for coaches, who negotiate their contracts separately from the faculty, will provide increased salaries for coach members while maintaining a stable health care cost, according to APSCUF coach executive leader John Gump.
If a majority of APSCUF members vote in favor of the contract’s current terms, the agreement will go to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors for final approval.
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