Members of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a tentative agreement reached earlier this month with Western University administration.
Officials with UWOFA announced Monday that members voted 90 per cent in favour of the deal in a vote that closed on Friday.
The tentatitve deal was reached in the early morning hours of Nov. 9 following a marathon bargaining session. In all, UWOFA says, 25 bargaining sessions were held.
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Details of the deal have not been made public. Western’s board of governors has not yet ratified the deal.
Some 1,600 unionized full- and part-time faculty members have been without a contract since June 30. Major issues in the dispute were pay, as well as job security for contract and part-time faculty.
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