(1) CUPE 3903 and York Respond to Minister of Advanced Education
(2) Information for Members Considering Going Back to Work
(3) First Strike Payday on Friday
(4) CUPE 3903 Hotline – Live Starting March 15
(5) Solidarity Rally Friday
(6) Communications Committee Meeting: March 15
(7) Special General Membership Meeting: March 15
(8) Strike Committee Call-Around Meeting: March 16
CUPE 3903 Members and York University students seeking information can call the CUPE 3903 Hotline at 416-466-8421 (select hours only).
The first week’s hours will be: Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16 – 8:00 am to 12:00 noon.
It is expected this service will be available to members and students Monday to Friday. Exact hours to be confirmed each week.
On Monday, March 12, the Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Mitzie Hunter, contacted CUPE 3903 and the York University administration to encourage the two sides to bargain. She also told us that the provincial government will not introduce back-to-work legislation.
CUPE 3903 continues to be ready and willing to return to the bargaining table in order to work toward a negotiated settlement. We would be happy to continue to work with the provincially appointed conciliator Greg Long.
Our invitation to return to the bargaining table remains an open one.
The York administration has targeted particular departments and faculties to ask CUPE 3903 members, particularly Teaching Assistants and Contract Faculty, to sign a form indicating that they are willing to return to work.
A strike is a very stressful time for everyone and such an offer may seem appealing. Before you make such a decision, however, you should know that there are financial resources available to you as a member of CUPE 3903, that there might be unintended consequences should you return to work before a new contract is reached, and that such a decision will hurt you and your colleagues.
The following letter was sent to York University President Rhonda Lenton following a call from the Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development. The Minister expressed to our Executive Committee and Bargaining Team the desire for bargaining to resume — a desire we have shared from day one.
Special General Membership Meeting
Thursday March 15, 2018
5:30pm-8:30pm
30 Tangiers Road
UNIFOR local 112
Agenda
Please find the Strike Policy here.
Please contact Sheila Wilmot at cupe3903.equity.officer@gmail.com or at 416-736-5154 ext. 3 if you require any of the following: ASL interpretation, reimbursement for childcare/caregiver/attendant care, and/or transportation costs for members who are unable to secure Wheel-Trans, or other requests for accommodation.
(1) York Still Refuses to Bargain & Senate Debacle
(2) Mobile De-escalation on the Picket Lines
(3) New Strike Info: Pay Issues & Headquarters
(4) Joint BT-Exec Meeting: March 12
(5) Strike Committee Meetings: March 12 & 13
(6) Communications Committee Meeting: March 12
(7) Special General Membership Meeting: March 15
On Wednesday, March 7, members of CUPE 3903 attended an Open House with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, demanding that she take a position on the ongoing strike at York University and the administration’s refusal to come back to the table.
The Premier’s response explicitly invites York to come back to the table, and includes the words that we have been saying for months now: “the best agreements come from the bargaining table”.
Special General Membership Meeting
Friday March 9, 2018
5:30pm-8:30pm
252 Bloor St. W
OISE Auditorium (G162)
Agenda
Please contact Sheila Wilmot at cupe3903.equity.officer@gmail.com or at 416-736-5154 ext. 3 if you require any of the following: ASL interpretation, reimbursement for childcare/caregiver/attendant care, and/or transportation costs for members who are unable to secure Wheel-Trans, or other requests for accommodation.
CONTENTS
(1) York Refuses to Return to Bargaining Table
(2) Special General Membership Meeting: March 9
(3) Strike Committee Meetings
(4) Strike Duties Accommodation Procedure
(5) Strike Information Page
(6) Email for Students Template
(7) Joint BT-Exec Meeting: March 12