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PETOSKEY, Mich. — North Central Michigan College faculty have agreed to a three-year contract that freezes salaries in year one and benchmarks them to the inflation rate in the next two years, according to the Petoskey News-Review.
Employees also will pay 3 percent toward their health care premium in year one, and 5 percent in each of the next two years, the News-Review reported. The new contract takes effect Sept. 1.
Representatives from the college and the Northern Michigan Education Association have been in contract negotiations since February, according to the News-Review. The agreement covers all classroom faculty, a librarian and two counselors.
SOURCE:
Petoskey News-Review, “College
and union come to agreement in faculty and staff contracts,” May 18, 2011
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