Rally planned for today as faculty remains ‘patient’
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This article was published 07/11/2011 (5424 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Frustrated parents and students will rally at Brandon University this morning, as the faculty strike nears the one-month mark.
“I think it’s to the point now where they need to just come up with a solution, even if they’re not totally happy with it, they need to come up with a solution and start brainstorming ways to prevent this from happening in three years,” said Nathan Layh, a student who is part of the Occupy the Courtyard camp.
The tent village has been set up at the university since mid-October to put pressure on the university administration and the Brandon University Faculty Association to come to an agreement.
“It’s incredibly frustrating,” Layh said, adding the snow and colder temperatures are taking a toll on the camp.
“We’re into pretty much constant damage control now … Some people’s tents just can’t hack it, some people’s tents will just be destroyed in the snow. What we’re doing is just condensing the amount of tents and filling them up with more people.”
It’s expected that Manitoba Labour Minister Jennifer Howard will receive the mediator’s report today, something BU president Deborah Poff hopes will help the dispute come to an end.
“What I hope is that it will facilitate reaching a settlement as soon as possible,” Poff said. “The commitment is our students, that’s why universities exist … We have a number of very, very worried students right now, and very worried parents, and I just want us to get back to doing our job, which is education.”
BUFA president Joe Dolecki said the faculty is also hoping to resolve the dispute “as expeditiously as possible.”
“We have been negotiating and bargaining always with the intention of resolving the contract, getting a tentative agreement quickly,” Dolecki said. “What we are interested in is a fair and equitable agreement, not just any agreement.”
At issue are wages, benefits, working conditions and contract language.
“We’re a very patient people, and we believe in the collective bargaining process,” he said. “We are prepared to be … as patient as possible to get a proper agreement.”
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