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Striking McGill law professors have decided to suspend their walkout pending a meeting with an arbitrator scheduled for Oct. 8.
“McGill and AMPL have agreed to suspend the strike until the next meeting with the arbitrator on Oct. 8,” wrote Robert Leckey, dean of the law faculty, in a message to law students Monday morning.
“During this period, the parties will work towards finding a federated approach between various professors’ unions to negotiate collective agreements with the university.”
He added that suspended classes would resume “no later than” October 3.
The around 40-member union has been negotiating with McGill since late 2022 for its first collective agreement. Strike action initially began in late April but was paused over the summer to allow grading to be completed. The strike resumed Aug. 26, with the professors’ key demand that McGill drop its legal challenge to decertify the union.
In an upbeat statement, AMPL President Evan Fox-Decent said, “This is a win for everyone at McGill. Through our first collective agreement, we will set a pattern that will serve all McGill professors, students, and staff into the future.”
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