Strike etids at TUNS hoeents Gace

HALIFAX (CUP) —- A faculty strike which lasted 11 school days at the Techni- cal University of Nova Scotia ended February 1.

“Nobody can get ev- erything that they want,” said Mort Runbinger, chair of the Strike Coordination “We felt we had made progress in the areas we wanted addressed: catch-up (pay), working con-

Committee.

ditions and improved cooper- ation with administration. The 103 members of the union won average salary in- creases of 3,2, 3.8 and 3.75 per cent over the next three Before the settlement

years. a full professor was making $51,515 a year.

Union representatives had asked for six, six and six per cent hikes. That would have brought full

professor salaries to just over $77,000, in line with the in- dustries and Ontario engi- neering schools which union officials say are luring Ph.D. holders away from the uni- versity.

According to a 1987 sur- vey sponsored by the Asso- ciation of Professional En-

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Over 90 per cent of mem- bers voted in favour of the

new contract, which took 19 months to negotiate. The union also includes library workers who walked out with the professors.

The technical colleges’

1200 students will miss out on a week- long study break to make up for the lost time.

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The student council, re- mained neutral during the strike.

While the _ collective agreement states that only salaries are negotiable, Rub- inger said a committee will now be looking into working conditions and other issues faculty or administrators feel should be addressed.

Union representative and architec- ture professor Tom Emodi said the strike’s real. issue was the quality of education at TUNS.

Emodi said that at least seven of the last 18 departed teachers left for higher salaries and better working conditions. He said many go to Ontario’s big four universities - Western, Wa- terloo, McMaster, and U of T — and huge conglomerates

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while Dave Dunn and Del- roy Adams had two each.

The bench played well for the

Pasnthers as Winston Dun- can and Brett Wood came off it to contribute solid efforts. Duncan had 15 points and 8 rebounds while Wood had 7 points and 5 rebounds.

Sunday’s game was never close as the Panthers only trailed once 4-2 in the first two minutes. UPEI erased that and jumped to an 18- After UNB scored six unanswered points UPEI started to take over the game as they opened up an 18 point 45-27 halftime lead.

UPEI played just as well in the second half as all mem- bers of the Panthers hit the

scoring column as_ playing

time was evenly distributed

throughout the lineup. Del--

roy Adams led the way with 18 points followed by Roberts and Gordon with 16 each, Dunn had 8, O’Brian 7, Duncan and Shaw 4 each, and Wood and Wright 2

apiece. UPEI has this week-

end off before going to Nova Scotia to play Dalhousie and STFX.

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