NEW YORK — Columbia University’s student workers union ended its weekslong strike on Friday after reaching a tentative agreement with the school, officials said.

Student Workers of Columbia, which represents more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate student workers, began its strike 10 weeks ago.

In a letter addressed to the school community on Friday, Columbia University provost Mary Boyce said the two sides had come to an agreement on a four-year labor contract.

“There is no doubt that this has been a challenging period for the University, yet all who were involved in collective bargaining shared the common goal of creating a stronger Columbia for those who teach and learn, conduct research, discover and innovate, work and study here,” Boyce wrote in the letter. “We look forward to sharing more details in the coming days.”

Union members began their strike in an effort to negotiate higher wages and health care plans that included vision and dental coverage. They were also seeking more secure contracts and the use of a third-party arbitrator in harassment cases, among other contract terms.

Members will have 15 days to discuss the tentative contract ahead of an online voting period that is set to take place between Jan. 22 and 27, the union said in a statement posted to its website.

“Achieving these significant improvements to our working conditions at Columbia has not been an easy process. It has taken years of collective effort and struggle to reach this point, and we are humbled by the contributions of the thousands of our members who stepped up to the plate and made their voices heard, all while taking material risks in service of a better future for present and future workers at Columbia and beyond,” the union said in a statement.

“If this agreement is ratified, a new chapter for this organization will begin, but the struggle is ever ongoing," it added.