University of Hawaii faculty approve cost-cutting contract
Source: honoluluadverti Posted By: andrew S...5446 days ago
After months of contentious negotiations, UH professors overwhelmingly ratified a six-year contract yesterday that cuts costs for the university in the short term to tackle mounting fiscal woes, but also restores a 6.7 percent pay reduction after 18 months, promises lump-sum payments to reimburse money lost in the pay cuts and includes something in the last two years of the agreement that workers don't hear a lot these days — a pay increase.
Under the contract, professors will see 3 percent pay....