Full and part-time faculty at the University of Sudbury have set a strike deadline for Nov. 11 if a settlement is not reached before then. The professors are seeking a first collective agreement as members of a newly-certified bargaining unit of the Laurentian University Faculty Association. Little progress has been made, even after being at the bargaining table for almost one year.Peter Simpson, the association's chief negotiator, said that "talks have been hampered by the employer's refusal to recognize basic sector norms for university faculty, such as academic freedom, tenure processes and appointment procedures."