Toronto Star: Strike brings York to standstill
Union, administration not talking; students worry about extended break from studies
A strike by part-time workers has turned York University into a virtual ghost town at the height of the November mid-term crunch, with all classes cancelled, assignments postponed and pickets letting cars onto campus only every few minutes.
Maclean’s: York U strike is a power struggle, not about wages
CUPE and Ontario universities face off. Students suffer the consequences.
Students at York University should expect a long strike, as both sides have a lot to lose if the other side gets what it wants in the single issue that actually matters in this dispute: the length of the contract.
CUPE 3903, which represents 3,400 contract faculty, teaching assistants and graduate assistants at the university, wants a two-year contract. The Canadian Union of Public Employees is attempting to negotiate a contract end date of 2010 at all universities, where it has members in Ontario.
CTV Toronto: York University union strikes, classes cancelled
Thousands of teachers at Toronto’s York University have decided to strike, and now classes are cancelled for roughly 50,000 undergraduate students.
National Post: York University students fear strike’s ramifications
Undergraduate students currently affected by the strike at York University say while they feel for those on strike, they just want to get back to class as soon as possible.
Toronto Star: EDITORIAL
Ontario’s economic future depends on a highly educated workforce. All the more regrettable, then, that 50,000 students find themselves without classes because of a strike at York University.
Globe and Mail: Classes cancelled as York staff strikes
Toronto’s York University, the country’s third-largest postsecondary institution, is on strike, the latest in a string of labour disruptions at Canadian campuses this fall.
Classes for more than 50,000 students are cancelled today because of a strike by contract faculty, teaching assistants and graduate students, which also is part of a provincewide effort to co-ordinate bargaining on Ontario campuses.
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