The Detroit News: Oakland University, professors union reach tentative deal
Leaders from Oakland University and its faculty union reached a tentative labor agreement late Tuesday that will ensure professors will be in class Wednesday for the first day of school, according to the university.
Members of the American Association of University Professors were expected to boycott their classes if the ongoing negotiations with the university had failed to yield a contract. But the three-year agreement means all classes will be held, and all faculty are expected to report to class to teach, according to the university.
Under the tentative contract posted on AAUP’s Web site, professors will receive raises of 3.2 percent, 3.25 percent and 3.3 percent over the next three years and the minimum salaries will increase from $27,041 to $33,000 for this school year. Health insurance co-pays will increase from $10 to $20. Retiree benefits from one Medicare plan will be eliminated and the Medigap program will be phased out.
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