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<H3 class=post-title>#CUPE3903: 145 York fulltime faculty sign urgent message to
Senate Executive</H3>
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<P id=posttext>OPEN MESSAGE TO SENATE EXECUTIVE:<BR><BR>Dear members of Senate
Executive,<BR><BR>We the undersigned are writing with extreme concern regarding
the possibility that Senate Executive will decide today to resume classes taught
by YUFA and CUPE2 faculty while the strike of CUPE1 and CUPE3
continues.<BR><BR>We urge you not to allow this to happen, and to continue the
full suspension of classes until there is a settlement with Units 1 and 3 and a
back to work protocol. We would like to see this settlement made quickly,
efficiently, and fairly.<BR><BR>An immediate return to classes would introduce
significant hazards and distress for all members of the university. Recall the
chaos that ensued in our university in the context of a similar situation in
2000-01. At that time CUPE went on strike and Senate Executive decided to
continue classes with instructors who were not in strike. A situation of
enormous complexity and distress ensued for everyone involved, but particularly
for students:<BR><BR>--Some YUFA instructors went back to teaching while many
others did not. Similarly, immediate resumption of classes during the current
strike would mean that some CUPE2 instructors would go back to teach while
others would refuse to cross picket lines. This will lead to serious
complications with the management of the academic term. When will the academic
term end and the next one commence? According to which timetables? How do
faculty and students manage two simultaneous term calendars: one for instructors
teaching, the second for those not crossing the picket lines and Unit 1 CDs?
What's the impact on students having to deal with courses running on different
calendars? <BR><BR>--Even in classes where instructors go back to teach,
students are protected by Senate policy from repercussions if they choose not to
cross picket lines. So instructors will be having two sets of students in their
courses, those who came back to class and those who did not. How will the added
workload necessary for dealing with this situation be handled? Can YUFA
instructors be forced to deal with the added workload, and will CUPE2
instructors be paid for the added workload? Remember, instructors who return to
class will then need to deal with the students who return only when the strike
ends, effectively extending the term and/or increasing workload for
them.<BR><BR>--What will happen to classes with graders, TAs, tutorials, and so
on? Are YUFA and CUPE2 course directors going to be forced to take on all these
tasks, even when it is not physically feasible, as in large classes? Will the
courses proceed without assignments, tutorials, examinations graded by TAs, etc,
and what are the implications? What happens if these course directors do not
agree to take on these tasks, as I foresee will happen with many
colleagues?<BR><BR>--Transportation chaos and extreme safety concerns: All
public transportation will continue to avoid entering campus. With thousands of
faculty and students being dropped outside the perimeter, we are going to see
many problems and, alarmingly, severe issues of safety, particularly for classes
after dark. Can you imagine hundreds of people walking at 10 pm to the perimeter
of campus and waiting there for the buses? This, by itself, is good reason not
to restart classes.<BR><BR>--Extremely dangerous picket lines: We witnessed with
horror the event that happened at Shoreham Drive this week. If classes restart,
many thousands of cars and pedestrians will be crossing the picket lines.
Moreover, strikers may decide to extend their picket line hours until the
evening, given there will be evening classes. It is not difficult to see that
this situation invites dangerous events and very serious safety
issues.<BR><BR>--Divisiveness and conflict in our campus: Is there a context
that invites conflict and divisiveness more than one in which one set of course
directors (both YUFA and CUPE2) goes back to classes while others do not, and
where some students are crossing picket lines while others do not. During this
strike, we have so far upheld a sense of respect and civility towards others;
even here, conflict and injury have arisen. It is not difficult to foresee
changes for the worse in the event of an immediate return to
classes.<BR><BR>Dear members of Senate Executive, for these and many other
reasons, we urge you to maintain a full suspension of classes until all units of
CUPE settle.<BR><BR>Respectfully signed,<BR><BR>[signatories as of 2:00 pm, 10
March 2015)<BR><BR><BR><BR>Teresa Abbruzzese<BR>Joan Allen<BR>Sabah
Alnasseri<BR>Aimé Avolonto<BR>Harjeet Badwall<BR>Ranu Basu<BR>Silvya
Bawa<BR>Dawn Bazely<BR>Shannon Bell<BR>Jody Berland<BR>Georges Bérubé <BR>Ulrich
Best<BR>Kathy Bischoping<BR>Philippe Bourdin<BR>Rob Bowma<BR>Deborah
Brock<BR>Mora Campbel<BR>David Cecchetto<BR>Chris Chapman<BR>Rosemary
Coombe<BR>Marc Coroux<BR>Natalie Coulter<BR>Alison Crosby<BR>Peter E.
Cumming<BR>Elizabeth Dauphinee<BR>Megan Davies<BR>Gene Desfor<BR>Susan
Driver<BR>Liisa Duncan<BR>John Dupuis<BR>Secil Erdogan<BR>Barbara
Evans<BR>Geoffrey Ewen<BR>Honor Ford-Smith<BR>Liette Gilbert<BR>Amanda
Glasbeek<BR>Mary Goiton<BR>Luin Goldring<BR>Allan Greenbaum<BR>Ricardo
Grinspun<BR>Shubhra Gururani<BR>Ratiba Hadj-Moussa<BR>Eve Haque<BR>Jinthana
Haritaworn<BR>Barbara Heron<BR>Teresa Holmes<BR>Asher Horowitz<BR>Susan
Ingram<BR>Stanley Jeffers<BR>Cameron Johnston<BR>Jan Kainer<BR>Ilan
Kapoor<BR>Peggy Keall<BR>J. Keeping<BR>Roger Keil<BR>Kamala Kempadoo<BR>Gerald
Kernerman<BR>Sean Kheraj<BR>Janice Kim<BR>Stefan Kipfer<BR>Ruth
Koleszar-Green<BR>Ildiko Kovacs<BR>Christina Kraenzie<BR>Fuyuki
Kurasawa<BR>Lawrence Lam<BR>Geoff Lawrence<BR>Timothy Leduc<BR>Becky
Lee<BR>Maria Liegghio<BR>Carla Lipsig-Mumme<BR>Rodney Loeppky<BR>Brenda
Longfellow<BR>Marcia Macaulay<BR>Teresa Macias<BR>Heather MacRae<BR>Sarah
Maiter<BR>Alina Marquez<BR>Jocelyn Martel<BR>Atsuko Matsuoka<BR>John B.
Mayberry<BR>Carlota McAllister<BR>John McCullough<BR>Gillian
McGillivray<BR>Wendy McKeen<BR>Arthur McLuhan<BR>David McNab<BR>David
McNally<BR>Merouan Mekouar<BR>Jacinthe Michaud<BR>Haideh Moghissi<BR>Georges
Monette<BR>Radhika Mongia<BR>Esteve Morera<BR>Georges Moyal<BR>Arun
Mukherjee<BR>Carmella Murdocca<BR>Marcello Musto<BR>Eric Mykhalovskiy<BR>Michael
Nijhawan<BR>Anne O'Connell<BR>Deborah Orr<BR>Laurence Packer<BR>Mark
Peacock<BR>Linda Peake<BR>Nalini Persram<BR>Kelly Pike<BR>Carolyn
Podruchny<BR>Justin Podur<BR>Anna Pratt<BR>Norene Pupo<BR>Indhu
Rajagopal<BR>Darryl Reed<BR>Markus Reisenleitner<BR>Sylvie
Rosienski-Pellerin<BR>Stephanie Ross<BR>Robin Roth<BR>Don Rubin<BR>L. Anders
Sandberg<BR>Sonya Scott<BR>Victor Shea<BR>Bruce Smardon<BR>Penni
Stewart<BR>Martha Stiegman<BR>Saskia Stille<BR>David Szablowski<BR>Yvette
Szmidt<BR>Patrick Taylor<BR>Matthew Tegelberg<BR>Mark Thomas<BR>Dorin
Uritescu<BR>Peter Vandergeest<BR>Gail Vanstone<BR>Jim Vernon<BR>Colleen
Wagner<BR>Andy Weaver<BR>Gerda Wekerle<BR>Walter Whiteley<BR>David
Wiesenthal<BR>Ted Winslow<BR>Renita Wong<BR>Leslie Wood<BR>Douglas
Young<BR>Lelia Young<BR>Anna Zalik<BR>Michael
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