Dive Summary:
- The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties reached a tentative agreement for the 400 coaches at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's 14 state universities, leaving the system's faculty as the only bargaining unit without a contract.
- More details on the coaches' agreement are expected to be disclosed once it is ratified, but it includes an increase in minimum salaries and a revised health care co-payment similar to terms accepted by other unions in the system and runs through June 30, 2015.
- APSCUF is also the union representing the 5,000 professors in the system who have been working without a contract since June 2011, and who voted in November to authorize a strike that may happen in Spring, pending negotiations that are set to resume on Wednesday.
From the article:
With the tentative agreement reached last week with coaches at the 14 state universities, that leaves only one contract that stands between the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and labor peace with its eight bargaining units. The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties representing the 400 coaches reached an agreement that runs through June 30, 2015. It includes an increase in minimum salaries and a revised health care co-payment that are similar to the terms accepted by the other unions. ...