FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Board of Governors Ratifies Renewal of Existing Collective Agreement with TUFA

From the Board of Governors’ Meeting - Friday, May 2, 2008, Peterborough

Trent University’s Board of Governors today ratified an extension to the existing 2005-2008 collective agreement with the Trent University Faculty Association (TUFA).

The terms of the existing agreement will now be extended from June 30, 2008 to June 30, 2009.  TUFA members voted in favour of the extension on March 31, 2007.

The agreement will include all provisions of the predecessor collective agreement.

The parties agreed that negotiations for a new collective agreement will commence no later than March 1, 2009.

TUFA represents over 340 members in the bargaining unit.

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Brittany Cadence, Communications Officer, (705) 748-1011, ext. 6185