Telegraph-Journal: Faculty, university agree to binding arbitration; students resume classes Tuesday, lose five days
Classes will resume at St. Thomas University on Tuesday after the administration and faculty union decided over the weekend to allow an arbitrator to resolve the final issues in a dispute that began on Dec. 27 when teachers were locked out.
The liberal arts school in Fredericton with an enrolment of 2,500 had been shut down since before Christmas break. Talks reached an impasse last week, and the parties agreed jointly on Saturday night to enter binding arbitration. Bruce Outhouse, a labour relations lawyer from Nova Scotia, will rule on compensation and other unresolved matters within 30 days.
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