Our union ("Faculty Association") membership has approved the administration's "best and final offer" for ratification into a new contract. So the strike has been called off. Speaking of small class size,

The Faculty Association originally asked for a ratio of 28 students to every member of the bargaining unit, which is made up of about 680 tenured and tenure-track professors. The proposal from the administration said that they will make an effort to ensure that the ratio is not more than 26 to 1.