St. FX contract talks breakdown
Posted Jan 7, 2013 07:13:14 AM.
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Conciliation talks between St. Francis Xavier University and its faculty union have broken down.
In a news release, the university said the negotiating team with the St. FX Association of University Teachers walked out of the talks after rejecting the school’s latest offer.
The move will now trigger a report by the conciliator to the provincial Department of Labour and a 14-day countdown to a potential strike by the faculty union.
Ramsay Duff, the university’s vice president of finance and operations, said the administration has made a fair and competitive offer that is comparable to recent faculty settlements in the region and across the country.
The university says it has offered a four year agreement with minimum annual salary increases of 1.5 per cent in the first two years of the deal, 1.75 per cent in year three and two per cent in the fourth year.
Contract talks started in July and faculty members voted in favour of strike action in October.
