(AP) -- Classes at Oakland University remain canceled, but a statement on the suburban Detroit university's Web site said officials will be asking an Oakland County circuit court judge to order striking professors back to work. WWJ-AM and WJBK-TV say talks between the professors' union and school officials broke off without an agreement early Tuesday morning.
About 18,000 students attend the public four-year school in Rochester. The union authorized a strike after the university proposed a three-year wage freeze along with cuts in health-insurance benefits.
Joel Russell, president of the Oakland University chapter of the American Association of University Professors, said Monday talks with school administrators made progress over the weekend.
Oakland University: http://www.oakland.edu
Professors union: http://oaklandaaup.org
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