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Queen’s reaches tentative deal with faculty
Strike won’t occur if agreement is ratified
Queen’s University and its faculty association reached a tentative agreement on Monday afternoon.
That means there won’t be a strike or lockout anytime soon.
The deal still must be ratified by both sides, but it has the support of Paul Young, the Queen’s University Faculty Association president. QUFA represents 1,200 professors and librarians.
“It’s a sufficiently good agreement,” he told the Whig-Standard newspaper. ”I think it’s pretty reasonable, given the circumstances and the economic climate.”
Queen’s officials presented the union with the offer around 4 a.m. Monday, four hours after the strike deadline had passed. The union executive came to a consensus Monday afternoon.
Principal Daniel Woolf said he was “absolutely delighted” that a tentative agreement was reached. “This was a very challenging rounds of talks,” he said.
Details about the agreement aren’t yet available, but Young had previously said that pensions, pay and job security were some of the union’s concerns.
Queen’s faculty strike deadline passes
Union executive is considering university’s offer
A strike deadline passed at Queen’s University this morning at 12:01 a.m. without a deal between the faculty association and administrators, reports the Kingston Whig-Standard.
However, at 5:30 a.m., Queen’s released the following statement: “The mediator advises that the talks between Queen’s and QUFA have been adjourned to allow the union negotiating committee the opportunity to meet with the QUFA executive to consider the employer’s offer. The parties will continue under the communication blackout until the conclusion of the meeting.”
The Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) represents nearly 1,200 professors, librarians and archivists. The union received a strike mandate on July 15.
Job security, pensions and wages are issues of concern, QUFA’s Paul Young told the Whig-Standard on Sunday. ”We are very much focused on a negotiated agreement, that’s for sure,” Ellie Sadinsky told the paper on behalf of the administration.
