The Courier Volume 8 Issue 30 Article 1 5-29-1975 The Courier, Volume 8, Issue 30, May 29, 1975 The Courier, College of DuPage Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.cod.edu/courier This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at DigitalCommons@COD. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Courier by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@COD. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Board votes 9% | ?) increase By Dan Veit crease at the beginning of the academic coverage from $300 to $500 without the year and were later awarded a 3 per cent, purchase of dependent coverage; in¬ . .Overruling Strong faculty objections, the one-time increase because of increased creasing of major medical coverage to Board of Trustees Wednesday night voted enrollment and larger class sizes. unlimited; addition of accidental death a 9 per cent increase in faculty salary and Depending on how you looked at the offer and dismemberment coverage to current closed the door to further negotiations on for the upcoming year, the faculty was life insurance coverage; increasing the the matter. offered either a 6 or 9 per cent increase. maximum of sick pay days from 180 to 240, The Board followed this action by Erickson had asked the Board to re-open and providing Lincoln’s birthday and raising President Rodney Berg’s salary 8.5 negotiations. “We are simply displeased at Veteran’s Day as full holidays for non- per cent to $41,250 a year. the salary offer. The fringe benefits are instructional faculty.