Oregonlive.com: WOU teachers ratify contract
Faculty at Western Oregon University overwhelmingly approved terms of a new contract that makes up for lost steps from a 2 1/2-year salary freeze.
The vote was 90-5, the school announced Monday.
“It’s comforting to know that when you recommend something that the people believe you,” said philosophy professor Mark Perlman, president of the faculty union. “Basically, the bargaining team was recommending that the agreement be passed. We wouldn’t have done that if we didn’t think it was reasonably good.”