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Precarity in higher learning: Neoliberalism and contract faculty contract negotiations at WLU

January 9, 2017

| As contract faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University negotiate a new contract, many in the union have recognized their struggle as a moment in the widescale resistance to neoliberal ideologies.

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Two of three bargaining units still on strike at York University

Some students were asked to cross the picket line today as classes resumed in five departments on York campus.

The University's Deans and Provost met yesterday to determine which faculties, if any, would resume holding classes. They determined that five schools, including Engineering, Administration, Nursing, Human Resources and the School of Business would reopen despite the ongoing strike.

The decision was made on Tuesday, responding to the results of Monday's ratification vote in which two-thirds of striking York University workers voted to reject the administration's latest offer and remain on strike.

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