School is finally in session at Long Island University in Brooklyn.
A faculty lockout at the university ended Wednesday after 12 days.
The Long Island University Faculty Federation, which reps the school’s professors, said it reached an agreement with the school extending their contract to May 31, 2017, to allow more time to bargain.
About 400 members of the university’s Brooklyn campus were locked out when classes began Sept. 7.
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The contract expired Aug. 31. The university had said instructors rejected a proposed contract that would cut salaries for new adjunct professors, while offering existing faculty average raises of about 13% over five years.
The union said the school has accepted its proposal to engage a mediator.
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