Oakland U. to Ask Judge to Order Striking Professors Back to Work

by E Wayne Ross on September 9, 2009

The Chronicle: Oakland U. to Ask Judge to Order Striking Professors Back to Work

Administrators at Oakland University, the Michigan institution where classes have been canceled since
Thursday because of a faculty strike, plan to ask a state judge to order professors back to work. The university’s chapter of the American Association of University professors said on its Web site that, a few hours before dawn today, talks held over the Labor Day weekend yielded a settlement agreement that the union’s bargaining team has “no authority to sign.” Negotiators for both sides will meet with a state mediator this afternoon.