Recent surveys indicate salary levels are still a major issue for the University of Louisville's faculty and staff, with concerns about inequitable compensation hurting employee morale despite the wave of optimism President Neeli Bendapudi has inspired. "It is getting worse, not better," U of L political science professor Melissa Merry, who is president of Louisville's chapter of the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, said of employees' compensation situation. The university has gone two straight years without providing any schoolwide raises, although its board of trustees is expected to approve a budget soon for the upcoming fiscal year that includes a 2% across-the-board salary increase starting in January 2020.
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