EIU accepts salary deferment offer from faculty union

(AP) — Eastern Illinois University has accepted a faculty union plan to defer more than $2 million in salaries so the university can make payroll until the end of the fiscal year.

The Mattoon Journal-Gazette and (Charleston) Times-Courier report (http://bit.ly/1MmO4Un ) that the union previously rejected an EIU administration plan that included salary reductions.