Design school, technicians sign a deal, ending 3-day strike
By The Associated Press
The school announced Monday that its Technical Association said it had ratified the three-year contract, which had been presented to them in October.
The technicians wanted assurances that their pensions wouldn’t be cut. RISD says the school’s president and union leaders signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday reiterating that RISD has no intention of reducing pension benefits for the technicians or any eligible staff.
The 44 technicians have returned to work and reopened the workshops that were closed during the strike.
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