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itemprop="addressLocality">TORONTO</span></span></span>,
<span class="xn-chron">May 2, 2018</span> /CNW/ - A growing
number of faculty councils and student associations at <span
class="xn-org">York University</span> have passed
"non-confidence" votes in the senior administration over its
handling of a strike by contract faculty and teaching
assistants. Now in its ninth week, the strike has reached an
impasse because the administration has refused to return to
the bargaining table.</p>
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<p>Since last week, non-confidence votes have passed at
council meetings at <span class="xn-location"
itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope=""
itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="geo"
itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/address"><span
itemprop="addressLocality">Glendon</span></span></span>
College, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of
Environmental Studies, the Faculty of Liberal Arts &
Professional Studies (LAPS), the <span class="xn-org">York
University</span> Graduate Students' Association (YUGSA),
and a number of departments and student associations. Almost
half of <span class="xn-location"
itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope=""
itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="geo"
itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/address"><span
itemprop="addressLocality">York's</span></span></span>
1,500 full-time faculty teach in LAPS, and YUGSA represents
<span class="xn-location" itemprop="contentLocation"
itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span
itemprop="geo" itemscope=""
itemtype="http://schema.org/address"><span
itemprop="addressLocality">York's</span></span></span>
6,000 graduate students.</p>
<p>"In all my time at <span class="xn-location"
itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope=""
itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="geo"
itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/address"><span
itemprop="addressLocality">York</span></span></span>,
I have never seen so much public opposition to the
administration," says <span class="xn-person" itemscope=""
itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Richard
Wellen</span></span>, president of the <span
class="xn-org">York University</span> Faculty Association
(YUFA). "Without a doubt, these votes reflect a growing
sense of frustration with <span class="xn-location"
itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope=""
itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="geo"
itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/address"><span
itemprop="addressLocality">York's</span></span></span>
approach to labour relations during the current strike."</p>
<p>These non-confidence votes name <span class="xn-org">York
University</span> President <span class="xn-person"
itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span
itemprop="name">Rhonda Lenton</span></span> and Board of
Governors Chair <span class="xn-person" itemscope=""
itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Rick
Waugh</span></span>, and have attracted the attention of
faculty and students throughout the post-secondary sector.</p>
<p>At its national council meeting on <span class="xn-chron">April
29</span>, the Canadian Association of University Teachers
(CAUT) unanimously passed <a
href="https://council.caut.ca/docs/default-source/council-84/meeting-materials/16-york-university-faculty-association---motion.pdf?sfvrsn=0"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a motion</a> to condemn
"the actions and policies of the <span class="xn-org">York
University</span> Board of Governors and Senior
Administration in their attempts to broaden the Board's
jurisdiction in ways that undermine and limit the legitimate
authority of Senate over the academic affairs of the
University."</p>
<p>CAUT expressed its alarm in a public letter to President
Lenton and Chair Waugh.</p>
<p>"Collegial governance is a core value of universities and
colleges," says <span class="xn-person" itemscope=""
itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">David
Robinson</span></span>, Executive Director of CAUT. "If
our institutions are to fill their public responsibilities
for the preservation, transmission, and creation of
knowledge, academic bodies must play the decisive role in
setting academic policy."</p>
<p>As the strike approaches its tenth week, the University has
yet to clarify whether it will cancel any of the summer
semesters or return to the bargaining table.</p>
<p>"We've been saying all along that a fair deal could end
this strike," says Wellen. "We sincerely hope the admin will
soon come to the same conclusion, and negotiate a settlement
as soon as possible."</p>
<p>The <span class="xn-org">York University</span> Faculty
Association is the professional association and certified
bargaining agent for approximately 1,500 faculty, librarians
and archivists, and post-doctoral visitors at <span
class="xn-org">York University</span>.</p>
<p>SOURCE <span class="xn-org">York University</span> Faculty
Association</p>
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<p>For further information: Richard Wellen, YUFA President:
647-637-3475 or <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rwellen@yorku.ca">rwellen@yorku.ca</a>; Jody Berland, YUFA
Communications Officer: 416-735-7571 or <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jberland@yorku.ca">jberland@yorku.ca</a></p>
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