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Natasha Marar EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Windsor University Faculty Association has reached a tentative deal with the University of Windsor administration over a new collective agreement, putting to rest concerns over a possible strike on Oct. 19. All classes and campus operations will operate as usual. WUFA members and the university’s Board of Governors will ratify the proposed agreement soon, but a date has not been set. Details in the new agreement are not available at this time. WUFA members, which include nearly 1,000 professors, instructors and librarians, voted in favour of a strike mandate back in September. The union voiced concerns over...
Stephen Hargreaves NEWS EDITOR On Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 12:01 a.m., the Windsor University Faculty Association will announce if facility will strike. In a letter to the WUFA membership, the union expressed hopes for a “negotiated, fair, and equitable contract before the strike deadline.” The negotiation process was actively underway at the time of printing. WUFA members appeared in good spirits as they left negotiations late Monday night. The faculty association was scheduled to continue talks with a mediator on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the WUFA, the mediator is unavailable the following week and her subsequent availability was in...
WUFA negotiations continue this week Natasha Marar EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The union representing professional, trades and technical staff at the University of Windsor has accepted the latest offer by administration, narrowly avoiding a strike last weekend. Canadian Union of Public Employees 1393 was set to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, but the decision was deferred when the university brought forth an offer late Friday. The union accepted the offer after a vote by 252 CUPE members at the Odette School of Business on Saturday. CUPE 1393 and the university’s administration held a final round of negotiation sessions from Sept....
History repeating? The scene during 2008’s WUFA strike. • photo robert woodrich WUFA and CUPE 1393 request strike deadlines Rahul Radhakrishnan NEWS EDITOR More than half of all university employees are set to go on strike in the next two weeks if upcoming negotiations with administration fail. Windsor University Faculty Association, which represents approximately 1,000 professors, librarians and instructors, has requested a no board report from the Ontario Ministry of Labour after collective bargaining with the university administration concluded on Sept. 23. According to a Sept. 23 update by the university’s bargaining team, the administration is still waiting on the...
The ongoing arm-wrestle between UWindsor faculty and administration Rahul Radhakrishnan NEWS EDITOR Natasha Marar EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Windsor University Faculty Association heads into collective agreement talks with university administration this week after its nearly 1,000 members voted in favour of a strike mandate last Thursday. WUFA members, which include professors, instructors and librarians, voted 90 per cent in favour of a strike mandate signifying their concerns over concessions and clawbacks including job promotions,cutbacks in pension plans, the Windsor Salary Standard and equity and pay standards for sessional professors. “I think it is very important for students to understand that this is a...