University of Montreal reaches deal with faculty
Last Updated: Thursday, April 8, 2010 | 8:52 PM ET
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The University of Montreal has reached an agreement in principle with its striking faculty members.
About 2,400 members of the teaching staff at the francophone university have been on strike since Feb. 24 over job security, class size and salaries.
Union members will vote on the new collective agreement Sunday morning. The negotiation committee will recommend that they accept the deal.
In a news release, the university said students would head back to classes April 12. The semester will be extended to May 9, and as a result, the summer semester will start later.
About 30,000 students are affected by the strike. The school said it will contact the students by email to inform them of how their semester will be affected.
On Monday, the lecturers and the university broke off talks after the faculty union rejected the university's offer.
Tuesday, Quebec Education Minister Michelle Courchesne said both the union and the university have an obligation to keep negotiating until they reach an agreement. The two sides then met with a conciliator.
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