FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CUPE Bargaining: Tentative Agreement Reached

Wednesday, October 24, 2007, Peterborough

Negotiating teams for Trent University and CUPE Local 3908 Unit 1 are pleased to announce that they have reached a tentative settlement on a new collective agreement.

On Monday evening, after ten days of bargaining since May 2007, the parties reached a tentative agreement. Both teams have agreed to recommend the tentative settlement to their respective parties.

Details of the agreement will be released after it has been ratified by the Union membership and the University's Board of Governors.

CUPE Local 3908 Unit 1 represents over 200 members including part-time instructors, tutorial leaders, workshop leaders and markers.

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For more information, please contact:

Stephanie Williams, Director, Human Resources, (705) 748-1011, ext. 7591