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College Of Saint Rose Reaches Tentative Contract With Adjuncts

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published March 18, 2016 at 1:20 PM EDT

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The College of Saint Rose has announced a tentative contract agreement impacting 160 adjunct faculty members.

The accord was reached Thursday, after 16 months of bargaining. Officials say SEIU Local 200 will present details of the agreement to members of the Saint Rose Adjunct Faculty Union

in April, to be followed by a vote, then the agreement will go before the College's Board of Trustees for ratification.

About a third of classes at St. Rose are taught by adjunct professors.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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