The Association of McGill Professors of Law (AMPL) is launching an indefinite strike on Wednesday in response to McGill University’s refusal to “engage in meaningful negotiations.”
On April 11, the association announced that more than three-quarters of its members had voted in favour of an indefinite strike if a tentative agreement was not reached by April 23.
“Since then, continuing its practices over the past three years, McGill has not even attempted to negotiate a fair agreement,” the AMPL said in a press release issued on Tuesday. “It has not agreed to hold bargaining sessions of adequate duration or frequency, and it has not negotiated in good faith.”
The association represents full-time professors at the university’s Faculty of Law is calling for, among other things, “protection against arbitrary decisions affecting their careers,” salary increases and a say in faculty management.
“McGill’s refusal to negotiate the standard clauses common to all other universities triggered this strike,” said Richard Janda, chief negotiator for AMPL, in a press release.
“Rather than working with professors to avoid difficulties for students, the administration is doing everything it can to impose adversity on students. It has stated that its goal is to eliminate the AMPL – in direct violation of Quebec law,” Janda added.
CityNews has reached out to McGill University for comment.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews