CMU faculty members walk the picket line Monday.
MOUNT PLEASANT (AP) -- Students at Central Michigan University are being asked to head to class Monday despite a vote by CMU's Faculty Association to hold a work action.
The Faculty Union voted Sunday night to begin picketing Monday. The Union said they would picket indefinitely until the contract demands are met or until a Fact Finder steps in and helps mediate the negotiations.
The school sent a news release Sunday saying it would seek a court injunction to get the faculty members back to work. Students were asked to report for classes, along with CMU's 439 fixed-term faculty and 591 graduate assistants.
The faculty union met Sunday to discuss the job action, which the school calls illegal. Faculty members had authorized their union leaders to call a job action that could include a strike over the failure to reach a labor contract. The professors have been without a contract since June 30.
7&4's Andrew Keller is on campus and will bring us all of the latest developments.
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