Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
The Wright State University faculty union has approved a new three-year contract with the university that gives professors a 3% raise, union leaders said.
The union had been working under a contract that expired in June 2023.
Gretchen McNamara, a senior lecturer of music at WSU and chief negotiator for the Wright State University American Association of University Professors, or AAUP- WSU, said the contract negotiations focused on clarifying existing language, like explicitly stating expectations for office hours and changes in how long of a sabbatical some faculty can take. She stressed that the negotiations were cordial, though they did take longer than anticipated. “The process played out, and we ended up with a contract,” McNamara said.
The 3% raise will be retroactive to August 2023. The new contract expires in June 2026.
Negotiations began in January 2023 and the faculty union voted on the final contract in December.
Bobby Rubin, president of Wright State faculty union and a senior lecturer of English at WSU, said the final vote was 269 votes yes, out of 289 votes possible.
