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1991 (Creation)
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15 cm of textual records (1 box)
15 audio cassettes
7 buttons
1 poster
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This artificial collection was created by John Barker. Additional material, donated by Janice Millard, was added in 2006.
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This is an artificial collection of materials with a variety of provenances, documenting the Trent University Faculty Association (TUFA) strike in 1991, including strike bulletins and information sheets, Communications Office Bulletins, communiques from Students FEAT and A.N.S.W.E.R., Trent Student Union communiques, copies of student papers Arthur and Lilith, OCUFA Forum and CAUT Bulletin, TUFA parity buttons, transcripts of TUFA internal meeting, an untranscribed cassette tape of CBC interviews, 14 tapes of radio broadcasts and meetings, and other records. Also included are an oversized poster used on the pickets and a copy of the new three-year collective agreement between TUFA and the Trent University Board of Governors ending the strike.
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This collection was donated to Trent University Archives by John Barker. Additional material, donated by Janice Millard, was added in 2006. 14 cassette tapes were received from the Audio-Visual Department in 2011.
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Poster located in Trent Cabinet drawer 12.
General note
Context: At 7 a.m. March 4, 1991, members of the Trent University Faculty Association (TUFA) set up picket lines and began the first strike by Trent faculty since the university opened its doors for classes to students on September 21, 1964. TUFA's previous three-year contract had expired on June 30, 1990 and they had been in a legal strike position since March 1.
An immediate result of the strike was that David Morrison, the provost and dean of arts and science, immediately cancelled all classes for the university's 5,498 students -- 3,642 full- time undergraduates, 1,775 part-time undergraduates and 81 graduate students -- for the duration of the 23-day strike. Library, college, residential and food services, however, remained open for students throughout the strike. Part-time faculty, who belong to a separate bargaining unit, Local 8 of the Canadian Union of Educational Workers (CUEW), and were under contract to teach, were laid-off. Trent University Staff Association (TUSA) members and Non-Affiliated Group (NAG) members were directed to continue working, as were senior academic administrators -- the president, vice-presidents, dean, associate deans, university librarian and college heads.