Unversity and Strikers Reach Agreement
The University of Minnesota union workers will be returning back to work after an agreement was reached between them and the university.
According to the Star Tribune, the AFSCME Union decided to take the university's original offer that was submitted on Sept. 5. The offer was a two year contract that "contains a 2.25 percent cost of living increase for clerical and technical workers, a 2.5 percent cost of living increase for health care workers, plus annual step raises for experience and a $300 lump sum in each year."
The Pioneer Press reported that the two sides were a percentage point apart. According to the article, "The union wanted cost of living increases of 3.25 to 3.5 percent and scorned the U's initial offer as unfair given the money it got from the Legislature and raises granted to other workers."