The first contract talks in nearly a month have been scheduled between the Ferris Faculty Association (FFA) and the Ferris State University administration amid a dispute that led to a one-day walkout, ongoing picketing, and sit-ins at the office of FSU President David Eisler.

The university’s 450 tenure-track faculty have been working without a contract since the end of June. The FFA held a vote this week on a resolution of no confidence in Eisler, but results have not been released.

Meanwhile, a recent FSU graduate has started an online petition in support of the faculty. Beth Sweney, who was named FSU’s Outstanding Graduate in Biology in 2016, has garnered nearly 600 signatures in 11 days with her detailed appeal to Eisler to “cease battle” against the FFA.

Source: Ferris Faculty Continue Push for Fair Bargain – Michigan Education Association