Salem State faculty furloughed until Saturday
Faculty union says temporary lay off unnecessary as university captures relief windfall
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In the first of two weeks of mandatory furloughs, Salem State University’s roughly 300 faculty and librarians are temporarily laid off until Saturday, March 20.
The second furlough week for members of the local Massachusetts State College Association will come after the 2021 commencement ceremonies in May.
The university is using the two-week furloughs to achieve $3.3 million in cost savings to, in part, avert job loss and address what Salem State President John Keenan has characterized as existing structural challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Salem State professors, librarians to be furloughed
By Nick Stoico and Jeremy C. Fox Globe Correspondent,Updated March 13, 2021, 9:15 p.m.
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The library on the campus of Salem State University.Jim Davis
Professors and librarians at Salem State University will be furloughed this week, the first of two unpaid weeks off during which they will not be able to perform any work related to their duties at the school, officials confirmed Saturday.
The move follows a lengthy labor dispute between the union representing faculty members as the public university struggles with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and declining enrollment that has forced steep cutbacks and furloughs of other university employees.
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