Professors will not report to class on Monday if new deal is not reached
MT. PLEASANT -- After five hours of negotiating Tuesday, Central Michigan University and CMU's Faculty Association remain far apart in hashing out a new contract for more than 600 professors at the university.
"When the administration doesn't value faculty they don't value students," wrote CMU FA President Dr. Laura Frey, in a statement sent to NBC25 Tuesday evening.
Contract talks will resume on campus at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Official 'move-in day' for on-campus students is Thursday, and the start of the Fall semester is next Monday.
As of now, the university does not have professors to teach classes.
"The administration is financially flourishing. CMU is financially rock solid. They have the money to pay every employee group a fair wage," said Dr. Frey during an on-camera interview inside Moore Hall on Tuesday.
University officials say the school's budget took a major hit after the state took away $12 million in appropriations.
"This is basically an economic issue that deals with wages and health care benefits and those are the major issues that are being negotiated at the table," said Steven Smith, Director of Public Relations for CMU.
Despite the on-going labor dispute, CMU is instructing all students to report for classes.
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