Acadia University faculty strike ends, classes to resume on Thursday
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The faculty strike at Acadia University has ended after the faculty association agreed to binding arbitration following failed attempts at mediation.
After four weeks of cancelled classes, the faculty strike at Acadia University has ended after the executive of its 350-member faculty association committed to binding arbitration.
In a release from the Acadia University Faculty Association (AUFA) on Tuesday, the move came after their “most recent attempt to achieve a tentative agreement through mediation on February 26-28 was unsuccessful” and the provincially-appointed mediator determined there was “no realistic pathway to settlement.”
The release said the association’s negotiating team, as well as the Canadian Association of University Teachers and legal counsel, advised that the association agree to put the outstanding issues to binding arbitration.
“The Board’s disrespect for Acadia’s faculty, students, and the negotiation process led to an unnecessary strike and the disruption to students,” said Andrew Biro, AUFA president, in the release.
“The University administration claims that they ‘value’ the faculty. We hope that Acadia’s administration will put in the work necessary to restore their faculty members’ trust in the institution that they devote so much of themselves to.”
Students will return to classes on Thursday, March 3.
The strike began on Feb. 1. The association wants the university to increase the number of tenured faculty, offer higher wages and better working conditions for part-time faculty, and a commitment to increasing the diversity of faculty through dedicated positions for Indigenous people.
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