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Mount Allison Faculty ratify new collective agreements 
(Tuesday, March 08, 2011) - Members of the Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying two new collective agreements.

In the vote ending March 7, 93% of the full-time unit and 92% of the part-time unit chose ratification.

The contracts for both full-time faculty and librarians and part-time faculty run for three years, retroactive to July 1, 2010.

“We achieved important improvements to the agreements, particularly with respect to working conditions for the full-time faculty and librarians, and to both salaries and working conditions for our part-time members,” said MAFA President Richard Hudson. “Although the agreement will see full-time salaries fall further behind those of UNB and other New Brunswick universities, we decided to put off addressing the issue of parity to the next round of negotiations, two years from now.”
 
The tentative agreements were reached on February 16, 2011, after MAFA’s membership voted to reject a report produced by a government-imposed Conciliation Board.
 
The Mount Allison Faculty Association represents 160 full-time and 45 part-time academic staff.
 


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