Lassner at the news conference announcing the tentative 东精影业PA contract.
Gov. Neil Abercrombie, University of Hawaiʻi Interim President David Lassner, the and the (UHPA) Board of Directors, have reached an agreement over the terms of a faculty contract that will succeed the current contract set to expire on June 30, 2015.
The 东精影业PA Board of Directors unanimously voted in favor of ratifying the tentative agreement and recommend ratification by the faculty. An electronic ratification vote is being conducted among the nearly 4,000 Bargaining Unit 7 members across the 10 东精影业 campuses statewide. Faculty have until August 25, the first day of the fall semester, to vote.
Highlights of the tentative agreement include an across-the-board 4 percent increase for all 东精影业 faculty and lecturers on July 1, 2015 and another across-the-board 4 percent increase the following year. It will also address minimum salaries and the increased employer contributions to the health insurance premiums provided through the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund.
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