No strike at Western
Posted Nov 3, 2010 08:14:25 AM.
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A tentative agreement has been reached to avert a strike by professors at the University of Western Ontario.
The school’s faculty association says a deal was struck at about 3 a.m. today after a marathon 18-hour negotiating session.
No details of the agreement were announced and the association says the date for a ratification vote has not yet been determined.
Faculty association president James Compton had said compensation and performance evaluations were key issues in the talks.
The 1,400 unionized full and part-time faculty members at Western have been without a contract since June 30 and were poised to walk out at 7 a.m.
The university had warned that a walkout would have forced the cancellation of almost all classes, labs and tutorials for its 33,000 students.
