Acadia offers students $275 for strike
Last Updated: Monday, November 19, 2007 | 5:53 PM AT
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The Nova Scotia university that was strikebound for three weeks is giving a $275 credit to most full-time students.
Full-time international students will get a $375 credit, Acadia University announced Monday.
In order to qualify, students have to continue with their studies for the winter term.
The university says the money comes from salaries it didn't have to pay professors, instructors and librarians during the 15-day strike, and the students' union was consulted on the credit amount.
The 300 members of the Acadia University Faculty Association walked off the job on Oct. 15 to back demands for better wages and benefits.
Members voted 92 per cent in favour of a new contract on Nov. 6, and classes resumed two days later.
More than 3,000 students attend the university in Wolfville, in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.
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