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20 percent raise pools over the course of the 4-year contract[.] Increased professionaldevelopmentfunds[.] Increased minimum salaries for the lowest paid faculty: $60,000 [non-tenure track] and $71,500 [tenure track]. Stronger job protections for non-tenure track faculty[.] And more…!”
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