WINONA, Minn. — Negotiators have agreed to a 3.8% pay hike for faculty at Minnesota State universities over the next two years. Jenna Chernega of Winona State, president of the statewide IFO faculty union, made the announcement. Chernega said the tentative deal includes a 1.4% this fiscal year and 2.4% the next. The agreement will go to Inter-Faculty Organization Board next week for a recommendation to membership. The deal also needs acceptance by state authorities. The Minnesota System includes four-year campuses in Bemidji, Mankato, Marshall, Moorhead, St, Cloud, St. Paul and Winona. Together the campuses have 4, 000 faculty.
