Cincinnati State trustees ratify new contract

October 28, 2008

The board of trustees of Cincinnati State Technical and Community College voted Tuesday to ratify a proposed contract with faculty members represented by the American Association of University Professors.

Members of the Cincinnati State chapter of the AAUP had voted Saturday to accept the proposal.

“Faculty members are glad to have achieved an agreement that maintains appropriate standards for defining faculty work,’’ said Paul Davis, president of the AAUP chapter at Cincinnati State.
“We are pleased that contract talks have reached a consensus conclusion within the financial parameters set by the board,’’ said Dr. John Henderson, interim president of Cincinnati State.
The three-year agreement, retroactive to Sept. 1, 2008, provides a 3.25 percent pay hike in 2008-09, 3.25 percent the following year and 3.5 percent the final year.

At the same time, it increases the employee share of health care premiums, now 5 percent, to 6 percent.

The new agreement also stipulates that faculty members will receive a one-time, $550 lump sum payment. 
 
About Cincinnati State
Cincinnati State offers more than 75 associate degree and 40 certificate programs in business technologies, health and public safety, engineering technologies, humanity and sciences and information technologies. About 8,150 students were enrolled in the early fall 2008 term; last year more than 14,000 separate students participated in credit and non-credit classes.

Cincinnati State has a 93% placement rate within three months of graduation, and its students have a 91% pass rate on required licensing and registry exams. It has the largest co-op program among two-year colleges in the U.S.