Bowling Green State University has reached an agreement on its first contract with the school's faculty union.
/ WNWO newsfile
BOWLING GREEN -- Bowling Green State University and the university’s faculty union have reached an agreement in principle on the union’s first contract.
Details of the agreement are being finalized and must be ratified by the union’s membership and approved by the BGSU Board of Trustees. The agreement comes two months after the university announced plans to lay off 100 positions for the fall 2013 semester.
“We’re pleased to have reached a mutually beneficial agreement with the Faculty Association,” said BGSU President Mary Ellen Mazey. “This will allow us to move forward in concert with the faculty to achieve our goals as an institution.”
The faculty union is expected to take the agreement to its membership in early April. The BGSU Board of Trustees will likely hold a special meeting to vote on the agreement. The next regularly scheduled board meeting is May 3.
“This is a fair first contract for our members and for the University. Significant compromises were agreed to by both parties. We look forward to implementing the contract and continuing to work for the good of BGSU,” union president David J. Jackson said.
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