College of Guelph college had been gearing up for a strike final week, however as of Sunday, they’ve reached a tentative settlement with the college.
“Now we have to finalize the memorandum of settlement, and then we bring it forward for ratification to our membership, the administration brings it forward to the Board of Governors. If all goes smoothly, then we would have collective agreement,” mentioned Herb Kunze, chief negotiator for College of Guelph college affiliation (UGFA).
Till then, he’s making an attempt to be optimistic.
The unpredictable piece, he mentioned, is that getting ready the memorandum of settlement requires the administration and UGFA to agree.
“Usually there’s no problem, but you never know,” he mentioned. “I think both sides are eager to do it quickly and I think both sides are happy with the outcome.”
Whereas Kunze couldn’t get into the main points of the settlement but, a submit on UGFA’s web site says members need to keep away from burnout, an appropriate work-life steadiness, time for scholarship work, extra management over how they educate, smaller class sizes, higher recruitment and retention, and “to be able to afford a house in Guelph,” amongst different issues.
UGFA represents college, librarians and veterinarians on the College of Guelph – round 850 members whole.
If a collective settlement was not reached, the union would have been in a strike/lockout place by 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 24.
Based on Kunze, UGFA has by no means been on strike.
