The bargaining teams for Acadia University and the Acadia University Faculty Association (AUFA) have been in mediation for three days (starting on February 26) with provincially-appointed Mediator William Kaplan. This mediation was aimed at reaching a renewal collective agreement that would end the AUFA strike and get the students back to class as soon as possible.
Despite four months of negotiation, two months of conciliation and three days of mediation, the mediator determined that there was no realistic pathway to settlement and the mediation was terminated. The parties remain far apart on several key issues.
The University is calling on AUFA to immediately agree to binding final interest arbitration to settle the outstanding issues, to end their strike immediately, and to resume classes on Thursday March 3, 2022.
The latest information can be found on Acadia's Labour Relations website.
