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Success in Collective Bargaining Negotiations for MU's Recording ... (The Musicians' Union)

PACT (Producers Alliance for Cinema & Television). A new 3-year deal has been agreed incorporating a new approach to terms for multi-episodic television drama, ...

Geoff Ellerby, MU National Organiser for Recording and Broadcasting said: “Negotiations with all parties were in most cases protracted due to the current economic situation. Thank you to those that consulted with us on these negotiations and voted in the ballots.” Updates for PACT, BBC, ITV, IPA and Sky can be found below.

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Senior leadership scores low on MU faculty satisfaction survey (Columbia Missourian)

Results of a recent COACHE survey of faculty job satisfaction reflect dissatisfaction with senior leadership and governance.

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MU releases job satisfaction survey results; strengths include ... (ABC17News.com)

The survey found that the university's strengths include department collegiality, department and faculty leadership and teaching. "One very promising theme that ...

“We appreciate the valuable feedback from our faculty and the committee’s work in reviewing the data,” UM System President Mun Choi said in a press release. Shared governance refers to the structures, processes, and practices through which faculty participate in “The COACHE survey results are the starting point for institutional change. Cohorts include 81 other universities that completed the survey. Nine hundred faculty members completed the survey, which accounts for roughly 51% of its eligible participants. The University of Missouri released the results of its faculty job satisfaction survey and found the university is succeeding in three areas of strength, and is looking to improve two other areas.

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Unbeaten in 13 races, Athing Mu is the future of athletics in America (CNN)

Three years have passed since Athing Mu was last beaten in an 800-meter race. In that time, she's been crowned American champion, Olympic champion and world ...

“My whole entire family, including me, is South Sudanese, and I have that blood in me as well,” says Mu. “I’ve moved on to this new environment [in LA], new training, new coach – it’s a lot to adjust to. It’s unclear when the first race of the year will be for Mu. Mu was born in Trenton, New Jersey, a year after her family had emigrated to the United States from South Sudan. “By the time it was my turn, everyone was or did have their time in athletics. “I know the mental challenges that I have to go through. It was just in time to support me, put me into the sport and teach me their ways.” “I would love to keep that streak,” says Mu. Between them, we may one day see a new world record in the women’s 800 meters. Three years have passed since Athing Mu was last beaten in an 800-meter race. “I know battling it out [with Hodgkinson] is only going to be good for us individually,” says Mu, “and it’s going to be good as a collective goal in the 800 period because we’re kind of bringing it back to the old days when it was a key event. “She’s probably the person that was in contact with the younger athletes that were moving in as she was going out,” says Mu.

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