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<h1 class="entry-title">All Three Units Vote NO in the Forced
Ratification</h1>
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<p>All three units of CUPE 3903 on strike, representing Teaching
Assistants (Unit 1), Contract Faculty (Unit 2), and Graduate
Assistants (Unit 3) have rejected the employer’s offer by large
margins.</p>
<p>Voting in the forced ratification vote opened on Friday April 6
at 9 am and closed on Monday April 9 at 10 am. Turnout was
excellent across all units: 75% for Unit 1, 69% for Unit 2, 68%
for Unit 3. Some ballots are still in dispute, so the numbers may
change slightly.</p>
<p>Here are the preliminary results:</p>
<h1>Unit 1: 86% NO</h1>
<p>YES: 210 votes<br>
NO: 1279 votes<br>
13 ballots in dispute<br>
Total: 1502 votes cast</p>
<h1>Unit 2: 86% NO</h1>
<p>YES:108 votes<br>
NO: 653 votes<br>
11 ballots in dispute<br>
Total: 772 votes cast</p>
<h1>Unit 3: 98% NO</h1>
<p>YES: 1 vot<br>
NO: 43 votes<br>
2 ballots in dispute<br>
Total: 46 votes cast</p>
<p>These results send a clear message: Teaching Assistants, Contract
Faculty, and Graduate Assistants at York University will not
accept the same concessionary deal that they had rejected on March
2. The employer has wasted not only weeks of our time, but also —
and most importantly – weeks of students’ semester in order to
avoid bargaining. A deal must be reached at the bargaining table,
not in the media or by underhanded tactics such as waiting five
weeks for a forced vote in the hopes that the cold and loss of a
paycheque weakens our resolve.</p>
Our bargaining team remains ready and willing to bargain. We await
York's response. <br>
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