The next few months will see a flurry of collective bargaining as more than a dozen agreements expire in the spring and summer.

"This will be an extremely busy time for local associations and for CAUT because of the number of agreements expiring and the many serious issues at the table," said James Turk, Executive Director of CAUT.

First up will be York and Queen's whose agreements expire on April 30. Wilfrid Laurier, Moncton, Moncton-Shippagan, Laurentian, Calgary, Trent, Athabasca, St. Thomas, Toronto and Guelph are next with June expiry dates.

St-Boniface, St-Louis-Maillet and Memorial follow later in the summer.

Western Ontario and University College of Cape Breton are seeking first contracts, and negotiations are continuing at Ryerson, Canadian Military Colleges, Lethbridge, Victoria, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.