The agreement calls for no across-the-board salary increases or annual step increases, and it would leave terms and conditions of the previous contract in place, the IFO said.
Earlier, the IFO Board of Directors recommended members ratify the agreement. Membership responded by voting 939-70 in its favor Feb. 25.
The contract now will be forwarded to the MnSCU Board of Trustees for final approval. The tentative agreement came early in contract negotiations. The IFO’s current two-year contract will not expire until June 30.
Rod Henry, IFO president, said the tentative agreement reflects the challenges of “extraordinary times.” He said faculty members were willing to sacrifice cost-of-living increases rather than risk layoffs, open positions or major funding cuts at their institutions.
“With millions of people being laid off and taking pay cuts, and with an unprecedented state budget shortfall, the IFO team believed that the usual contract bargaining process would get in the way of providing stability for our universities, the students and public they serve,” Henry said. “We also want to focus on saving faculty jobs.”
MnSCU Chancellor James McCormick praised the IFO’s effort to reach an early agreement.
“This will allow the presidents of the state universities to have some certainty as they plan for budget cuts for the next two years,” McCormick said. “We are hopeful that maintaining salaries at current levels will result in fewer layoff and fewer severe program cuts than they otherwise would have planned.”
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The agreement calls for no across-the-board salary increases or annual step increases, and it would leave terms and conditions of the previous contract in place, the IFO said.
Earlier, the IFO Board of Directors recommended members ratify the agreement. Membership responded by voting 939-70 in its favor Feb. 25.
The contract now will be forwarded to the MnSCU Board of Trustees for final approval. The tentative agreement came early in contract negotiations. The IFO’s current two-year contract will not expire until June 30.
Rod Henry, IFO president, said the tentative agreement reflects the challenges of “extraordinary times.” He said faculty members were willing to sacrifice cost-of-living increases rather than risk layoffs, open positions or major funding cuts at their institutions.
“With millions of people being laid off and taking pay cuts, and with an unprecedented state budget shortfall, the IFO team believed that the usual contract bargaining process would get in the way of providing stability for our universities, the students and public they serve,” Henry said. “We also want to focus on saving faculty jobs.”
MnSCU Chancellor James McCormick praised the IFO’s effort to reach an early agreement.
“This will allow the presidents of the state universities to have some certainty as they plan for budget cuts for the next two years,” McCormick said. “We are hopeful that maintaining salaries at current levels will result in fewer layoff and fewer severe program cuts than they otherwise would have planned.”
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This article is reprinted from The St. Paul Union Advocate.