CMU faculty approve 3-year contract

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) - Details have been released of a new three-year contract between faculty members at Central Michigan University and the Mount Pleasant school.

The university said in a statement issued Friday that the deal includes no salary increase during the first year, a 1.25 percent plus $830 increase during the second year and a 1.5 percent plus $835 increase during the third year.

The school's medical health insurance contribution is fixed at levels in effect for 2010-2011.

The university and the CMU faculty association announced Thursday that faculty members voted to approve the deal that runs through June 30, 2014.

The agreement ends a long labor dispute. Faculty struck Aug. 22, the first day of classes for the fall semester.

Additional contract details are posted on the school's website.

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