Around 5:00 am this morning the bargaining teams of the university and the CAS have found a tentative agreement!
What does this mean? Well, it could possibly mean settlement. I've asked Dr. Judy Bates, president of WLUFA, about the details of the agreement and if the CAS got some of the things they were asking for - she hasn't gotten word yet because Doug Lorimer, WLUFA's chief negotiator, collapsed in exhaustion.
Picketing will continue through the morning but instead of a rally today at noon in the St. Mike's parking lot, there will be a celebration instead - come out and celebrate! WLUFA's executive will meet while Doug Lorimer and James Butler (administration's chief negotiator) will work out a "back to work protocol" deciding how things will work out now after being upset by the strike.
The CAS bargaining unit will vote on the agreement through the weekend and, if successfully passed, that will be the end of the strike and the labour negotiations.
Following that, on Monday at the Senate meeting, extra class time will be added on Tuesday and Wednesday to have profs get in touch with their students. As for specific cases in classes, that, I believe, would be for the profs to work out.
Besides that - This is really great news!
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It's pretty ridiculous that no other parties (wlu, wlufa, wlusu) have announced this yet.
Thanks!
I got this information at the WLUFA Strike Office and they put something up on their website just now - blogging about it is just faster than updating a website.
any word on if we are still going to get 2 days worth of study days before exams start(so possibly thursday exams get pushed back 2 days)?
I have a huge comprehensive finance exam on thursday and really needed tuesday and wednesday as study days...
I won't speculate. We'll know for certain on Monday. But, from what I heard Sue Horton talking about before hand - the exam schedule will remain the same.
if you read the WLU home webpage - exams are being held the same and there are extra classes on tues/wed - there is also a schedule posted as to when and where they are
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