Eastern Michigan University reaches tentative agreement on four-year contract with Command Officers Association of Michigan, representing police sergeants

YPSILANTI - Eastern Michigan University and the EMU Chapter of the Command Officers Association of Michigan - Sergeants Unit have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract. The University’s Board of Regents will vote on the tentative agreement at its regular meeting on June 27.

The new agreement runs from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2021. It includes a 2 percent salary increase for the first three each fiscal years and a wage reopener in the fourth year. Under the terms of the agreement, the union accepted University health care and prescription plans.  

The sergeants’ unit covers seven employees.

About Eastern Michigan University

Founded in 1849, Eastern is the second oldest university in Michigan. It currently serves 22,000 students pursuing undergraduate, graduate, specialist, doctoral and certificate degrees in the arts, sciences and professions. In all, more than 300 majors, minors and concentrations are delivered through the University's Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Education; Health and Human Services; Technology, and its graduate school. EMU is regularly recognized by national publications for its excellence, diversity, and commitment to applied education. For more information about Eastern Michigan University, visit the University's website.

June 21, 2017

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