Faculty Labor Agreement Is Approved at Cincinnati State

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College and its union representing full-time faculty members have come to terms on a new contract, reports Cincinnati.com, a Gannett-owned Web site. The college’s Board of Trustees approved the new three-year labor agreement this morning, following its approval on Wednesday by the nearly 200 members of the faculty union, which is affiliated with the American Association of University Professors, the Web site reports. The two sides reached a middle ground on workload-related issues raised by the college’s plans to make the transition next year from a five-term academic calendar to three semesters. The deal also provides for faculty members to receive 2.75-percent raises in the contract’s second and third years. The agreement brings to an end a 59-day labor dispute in which union officials accused college administrators of using, as leverage, the possibility that Ohioans will vote on November 8 to uphold a law that would hobble public colleges’ faculty unions by reclassifying most of their members as managers precluded from union representation.