The University of Hawaii has reached a tentative settlement on a new contract with unionized professors and instructors.

“;I am pleased that we have reached a tentative settlement with the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly,”; UH President M.R.C. Greenwood said yesterday.

University and union officials said that until UHPA briefs its members, no details of the tentative pact will be released.

The university announced on Dec. 28 that talks with the union had reached an impasse and that the university unilaterally planned to impose a 6.7 percent cut for 18 months.

That cut showed up in paychecks Friday for some 3,700 faculty on 10 UH campuses.

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Their union's board of directors reached a tentative agreement with the University of Hawaii.

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The pay cut is expected to save $24 million and help deal with $154 million in general fund reductions over two years.

The UHPA board of directors yesterday voted to send the tentative agreement to a ratification vote by its members.

The tentative accord was reached this week.

The ratification vote will be open to all bargaining unit members and will be conducted electronically. The voting period is scheduled to begin Thursday at noon, and end Jan. 26 at 12:01 p.m.

UHPA bargaining unit members will be receiving information on the tentative agreement this weekend.

UHPA had asked for a court order to block the pay cuts.

Executive Director J.N. Musto said a request for a temporary restraining order was filed Jan. 6, and his union is still waiting for a hearing date.

Musto said the pay cut imposed by the university is in violation of the union's contract.

The UHPA contract expired June 30.