Classes resume Monday at Universit Sainte-Anne after 7-week strike ends

Classes will resume Monday atNova Scotia's only French language post-secondary institution, after a seven-week strike strike by professors and librarians ended.

Anews release on the Universit Sainte-Anne website on Thursday said following successful mediation, the university and the faculty union theAPPBUSAagreed to go ahead with binding arbitration.

Anemail sent to the university community on Friday said the university's board of governors approved adding an extraweek of classes to the winter term.

The faculty had been on strike at the Church Point university since March 3.

The union said it was seeking pay equity with professors in English-speaking institutions.It was also demandingtheir workload be rebalanced to meet the requirements of a new strategic plan announced by the university.

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