As the
strike by university of professors continues at U-N-B, a lot of people
are getting nervous about when classes might resume. There's pressure to
resume negotiations and there has been talk of that happening this
week.
Union
President Miriam Jones concedes at first glance it appears the
professors are making good coin so why are they striking but she argues
the faculty is aging and not being replaced by younger professors who
would be making less. According to Jones, that's what the older
professors would like to see because it means there's a commitment on
the part of the university to revitalize the faculty with new blood.
As it
is, Jones tells Tide News the university is replacing full-time
professors with people who teach course by course for what she describes
as "peanuts" or on term contracts.