Western Michigan University’s Board of Trustees (BoT) responded to a letter released by WMU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors’ (WMU-AAUP) union addressing their concerns with university leadership.
The budget proposal for Virginia, if approved by Gov. Ralph Northam (D), includes a 5% pay increase for state employees including university and adjunct faculty. Â
If the proposal is approved, the salary increase would go into effect July 1, 2021, according to a Virginia House Appropriations Committee Budget Briefing meeting held Feb. 26. Mary-Hope Vass, director of communications and university spokesperson, who declined a phone interview, wrote in an email to The Breeze that the pay increase would impact about 3,086 full-time employees at JMU.Â
âThe General Assemblyâs pay adjustments are wonderful news for university employees, especially since employees did not receive a pay increases this year,â Vass wrote.Â