Some 2,400 university workers will begin a full scale strike today, after a failed attempt to bring management back to the bargaining table. The union had contacted the employers Wednesday through the conciliator assigned by the province, however after speaking to the employers the conciliator stated he would not reconvene talks because the employers' position  hadn't changed. The union’s request for a fair wage increase and improved funding to maintain their benefit plan “is more than reasonable,” said Don Puff, president of CUPE 1975-01 University of Regina. "If the employers had addressed these two issues by dropping their demands for performance reviews and benefit cuts, we would be working out the details of a settlement today, instead of preparing for a full-scale strike,” Puff said in a media statement released last night.

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