The University of Windsor Faculty Association and the administration reached a last-minute deal Oct. 19, narrowly averting a strike.

“I’m happy to report the WUFA negotiating team has reached a tentative agreement with the university administration,” union president Brian Brown informed members who were poised for strike action.

The new three-year contract that has now been ratified by all parties features a 1.5 per cent salary increase in each year for regular academic staff and a five per cent pay hike annually for contract academic staff.

The union had said pensions, job security and wage parity with other universities were among the issues during negotiations.