Tentative deal reached at York University

York University has reached a tentative contract agreement with the same employees who waged a recent three-month strike.

CUPE and the university negotiated a three-year contract for some 3,500 contract faculty and teaching assistants.

The agreement, to run until September 2011 if ratified, was achieved with the help of a provincial mediator who was appointed in February.

The strike, which wiped out classes for some 5,000 students, was focused largely on the use of part-time instructors.

Sources say the agreement includes annual raises of three per cent and upgrades to benefits and job security.

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Most students, however, face another two months of school because the 85-day strike extended the school year.

- The Canadian Press