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<h1 class="entry-title">Ministry of Labour Appoints Industrial
Inquiry Commission</h1>
<div class="entry-meta"> <span class="sep">Posted on </span><a
href="https://3903.cupe.ca/2018/04/13/ministry-of-labour-appoints-industrial-inquiry-commission/"
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datetime="2018-04-13T14:29:16+00:00">April 13, 2018</time></a><span
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title="View all posts by CUPE 3903 Communications Officer"
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<p>The Ministry of Labour has appointed an industrial inquiry
commission to investigate the strike and produce a report for the
Minister. This report will take two to three weeks.</p>
<p>CUPE 3903 will cooperate fully with the Ministry’s fact-finding
mission. However, we had hoped for a more meaningful intervention
by the government. As a public institution, York University should
be accountable. Their refusal to bargain should not be allowed to
continue.</p>
<p>This process is neither mediation nor arbitration. It is not an
alternative to bargaining, and its main purpose is to inform the
Minister of the current situation. The report may still help
resolve the conflict, but there is no guarantee of this. Two to
three weeks is too long to wait for what is only the potential for
a resolution.</p>
<p>The suggestion to suspend the strike for the duration of the
commission is a shameless grab for summer tuition. Displacing this
conflict to another semester is not good for students, for whom
the uncertainty and anxiety would only be prolonged. We expect
that York University will return to bargaining while we await the
results of the inquiry.</p>
<h1>For more information:</h1>
<p><a
href="https://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2018/04/ontario-appoints-expert-to-investigate-six-week-strike.html"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the Ministry’s announcement</a></p>
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