Members at The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) have ratified a new collective agreement by a vote of 521-85 (86 per cent) in favour of the deal. A tentative contract agreement was reached in the early morning hours of Nov. 3, after an 18-hour bargaining session.
Details of the agreement will be released once Western’s Board of Governors approves the deal on Nov. 16.
“This was an extremely tough round of bargaining,” says James Compton, UWOFA president. “And I’m pleased to see that the membership has endorsed the deal, and the hard work of our negotiating team.”
More than 1,400 full and part-time unionized faculty members have been without a contract since June 30.