“A strike will not impact our ability to offer classes and will not change our normal policies for withdrawals and reimbursements,” spokesman Seth Bauguess said via email.
» RELATED: Wright State classes to start next week despite possible strike
The AAUP-WSU’s decision to call a strike came after the university’s board of trustees voted Friday to implement its last, best offer on terms and conditions of employment for the union’s members.
Union members are planning to picket near the entrances to campus in the coming weeks. Of the approximate 1,700 faculty members at the university, 560 are represented by the AAUP union, according to Wright State.
Both the union and administration have said they hoped to avoid a strike and Noeleen McIlvenna, a WSU history professor and contract administration officer for the union, has called the strike a “final straw.”
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