Oakland University in Michigan's Strike Ends
The professors' strike at Oakland University in Michigan ended today after the faculty and the administration tentatively agreed on a three-year contract, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. On Wednesday, a judge had ordered the two sides to reconvene negotiations after talks stalled.
The contract, according to the report, includes a limit on the use of full-time professors who aren't on the tenure track; protection of faculty members' intellectual property; and options for two healthcare plans. Professors will skip raises this year and give up two days of pay.
The contract must be apporved by a faculty vote.
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Professors at their best
Glad to see that the faculty of OU is showing why they deserve what they demand...in spelling "sacrefised" terribly, terribly wrong. Way to go folks. That isn't a key-strike error; that is someone who doesn't know how to spell sacrificed.
I was planning to attend OU soon, but this all makes me think twice.
Give me a break....professors should join the real world
How can professors claim quality in education when they are to be teaching our youth to prepare for jobs of the future, when these professors have no idea what the "real world" is like.
In the real world when the economy is tanked, people either take pay cuts, lose benefits or lose jobs.
In the real world designs, new ideas, patents developed on the company’s time belong to the company.
In the real world, when more time is needed to complete an assignment you work late (for no over time) in order to get it done and keep your company afloat....thus keeping a job yourself.
I'm fed up with professors and teachers feeling that they are above the rest of us in the real world...especially since the extras they are getting are due to us working and paying our taxes.
fair report
I'm glad to see this fair report which emphasizes that faculty at OU were on strike to protect the education quality and intellectual property. We sacrefised our salary and health benefits for the school reputation and the future of the students. Many media report us as greedy people. They either don't understand the governance of a non-profit university. Or they were just being biased. U.S.New did a good job. Thanks.
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