Youngstown Profs Approve Contract With Concessions

In a close vote, faculty members at Youngstown State University have approved a new contract that contains a number of concessions, The Vindicator reported. Details have not been released to the public but the newspaper reported that the deal includes no raises for the first two years of the contract and a 2 percent raise in the third year, increases in employee health benefit contributions and reductions in pay for teaching in the summer.