(Ypsilanti, MI) -- Eastern Michigan University and the union representing its professors have come to terms on a tentative contract. The deal was approved by the EMU-American Association of University Professors Executive Committee on Tuesday. The faculty as a whole still must ratify the agreement. The professors had threatened to strike at the start of the fall semester next week. The union says the two-year agreement includes a one-percent raise this year and a two-percent raise in the second year. The previous contract expired at midnight.
-Metro Source