Talks over new collective agreement for university academics concluded: PM
Talks have been going on for months
Robert Abela said on Monday that discussions about a new collective agreement for university academics had just been concluded.
The academics' union will now have to put the agreement to a vote, the prime minister said in a post on Facebook.
In times of international challenges, the government was also focused on implementing its plans for the benefit of all, he said.
The academics' union UMASA has been in talks with university authorities and the government over the deal for the past few months, escalating the dispute in January, instructing its members to withhold exam and dissertation results.
Sources close to negotiations had told Times of Malta the union had initially demanded a yearly pay packet of €130,000 for full professors, together with an additional €5,000 allocated for work resources to be reimbursed when purchasing work-related materials or undertaking academic travel.