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Wright State Board of Trustees Approves Faculty Contract Deal

Board members prepare to vote on tentative contract agreement at February 11 meeting.
April Laissle
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WYSO
Board members prepare to vote on tentative contract agreement at February 11 meeting.

Wright State’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved a tentative agreement with the faculty union at a meeting last night, bringing more than two years of contract negotiations to a close.

The board greenlighted two separate contracts that will run consecutively until June of 2023.

Under the agreement, union members will shift into the staff’s health care plan, but keep their rights to bargain over health care terms in the future. The deal retains the prior contract’s language on workload and merit pay.  And, it also allows faculty members summer teaching opportunities, but at lower pay rate.

Board chairman Doug Fecher says moving forward, officials will focus on helping students recover from strike disruptions. He also says the administration will work on restoring its relationships with faculty.

"We need to reach across the aisle to the faculty and sit down and really talk about what it will take so that we can rebuild trust, rebuild transparency, and rebuild the relationship between the administration and the faculty so that we can move forward as one university," says Fecher. "That's critically important."

Union members will vote on the deal in the coming days.  

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April Laissle is a graduate of Ohio University and comes to WYSO from WOUB Public Media in Athens, Ohio where she worked as a weekend host and reporter. There, she reported on everything from food insecurity to 4-H chicken competitions. April interned at KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, where she focused on health reporting. She also worked on The Broad Experience, a New-York based podcast about women and workplace issues. In her spare time, April loves traveling, trying new recipes and binge-listening to podcasts. April is a Florida native and has been adjusting to Ohio weather since 2011.