The contract between Eastern Michigan University and the union representing the school’s full and part-time lecturers ends in less than a week.
Negotiations between the two sides are ongoing, but there are a number of issues where they are still far apart. Those include appointment structure, promotional pay, professional development funding and the part-time lecturers’ probationary process.
Dr. Lindsay Kolbus is a lecturer in the department of geography and geology. She says pay is always at the core of their concerns.
<i>“A lot of them rely on this and two other jobs to be able to pay bills, right? So, money is, and compensation is and always will be a big issue for them.”</i>
The contract ends August 31st.
EMU spokesperson Walter Kraft said in a statement that both bargaining teams are working diligently to identify common ground. Additionally, a state-appointed mediator is in place to assist in the process of obtaining a successful outcome.
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