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The meeting, run by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission was meant to provide a neutral, state-appointed “fact-finder” to review the issues and work out the parties biggest disputes. The two parties will instead submit briefs of their positions to receive recommendations from the state in September.

Following a five-day strike, the university and the union reached a new deal.

Before hitting the picket line, the faculty union had been working without a contract since August 31 when its old contract expired. The two sides remain at odds over pay and health care benefits.

The EMU faculty union said 91% of its members voted Tuesday night to go on strike. A university spokesman accuses the faculty union of voting to “walk out” on EMU students one week into the fall semester.

More than 500 tenured and tenure-track faculty at EMU have been working without a contract since August 31.

More than 500 tenured and tenure-track faculty have been working without a contract since August 31. The professors’ union has scheduled a strike vote Tuesday. Professors could strike as early as Wednesday.

EMU’s Chapter of the American Association of University Professors voted overwhelmingly over the weekend to give its negotiating team the authority to inform the EMU administration of a possible strike action.

1700 lecturers are threatening a two-day work stoppage next month at the University of Michigan’s three campuses. The Lecturers’ Employee Organization…