Wayne State University professors have ratified an eight-year contract, weeks ahead of the effective date of Michigan's new right-to-work law. The law bans mandatory payments from employees to the unions that represent them under collective bargaining agreements. It takes effect March 27. The American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers Local 6075 announced the contract ratification Thursday. The union says the 1,950 employees it represents won't get pay increases this year but will get $1,000 bonuses. It says they'll get 2.75 percent raises next year and 2.5 percent raises in future years. The union didn't release the vote count but says 93 percent of those voting approved the deal. Wayne State's governors also must approve it. The contract replaces one that expired July 31, 2012.

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