U of W classes cancelled as faculty strike goes on
All classes scheduled Monday at the University of Windsor have been cancelled as the faculty strike enters its sixth day.
Windsor University Faculty Association members walked off the job Wednesday for the first time in 26 years. WUFA represents about 1,045 members, including professors and librarians. The strike impacts the university’s 16,000 students. In a message posted on U of W’s website Friday, the university expressed hope that the work stoppage would end “soon” and said that “contingency plans” are being developed. Reached Sunday evening, university spokesman Kevin Doyle said he could not elaborate further. WUFA president Brian Brown said Sunday he had “nothing new to report.”
The strike affected the U of W students’ Shinerama fundraiser for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Saturday. Many students were gone this weekend, said co-ordinator Merisa Miladinovic. Still, about 125 people turned out for the event and helped raise about $3,000 and counting.
