STRIKE OVER: RISD, Technical Association Agree to 3-Year Contract
Tuesday, April 07, 2015
The Rhode Island School of Design announced on Monday that a three-day "job action" by 44 members of the school’s Technical Association has come to a close.
The work stoppage ended after a contract agreement was ratified by association members. The technical staff returned to work Monday to re-open workshops and student activities in those areas has resumed.
Earlier Monday, RISD President Rosanne Somerson and union leaders signed a memorandum of understanding which states that RISD has no intention of reducing pension benefits for the technicians or any eligible staff at RISD. The Technical Association indicated to RISD that its members had ratified the three-year contract on Monday afternoon.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“Our respect for our technicians has never been in question, nor was the value we place on their service. We have deep respect for our technicians and all members of our faculty and staff,” said President Somerson. “This memorandum reiterates the offer RISD made to the technical union prior to the strike and offers the exact assurances we made to them at that time.”
Somerson continued, “Our unwavering focus remains on our students and their educational experience. These recent events have demonstrated to me that many faculty, staff and students on our campus have questions about how we operate as an institution. I am committed to transparently addressing those issues so that we can collectively move forward in a way that continues to provide an exceptional educational and working environment for our students, faculty, staff and administration.”
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