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Negotiation - not arbitration - key to resolving York
University Strike, says CUPE 3903</h1>
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<span style="max-width: 100%;">May 4, 2018</span>
/CNW/ - The path to resolving a nine-week labour
dispute at
<span style="max-width: 100%;">York University</span>
requires negotiation, not arbitration, the union
representing 3,000 striking academic workers said
today.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">"We reiterate the call
we have repeatedly made over the past eight weeks
for
<span style="max-width: 100%;">York University</span>
to stop cutting corners and come to the table with
a willingness to engage in meaningful
negotiations," said
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style="max-width: 100%;">Devin Lefebvre</span></span>,
Chairperson of Local 3903 of the Canadian Union of
Public Employees (CUPE 3903).</p>
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<p style="max-width: 100%;">Lefebvre's comments came
on the heels of a report and recommendations
submitted today to Labour Minister
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by Commissioner
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style="max-width: 100%;">William Kaplan</span></span>.
Last month, the Minister tasked Commissioner
Kaplan with investigating the causes of the
protracted strike and make recommendations to the
Government.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">"While we understand the
urgency of Commissioner Kaplan's recommendations,
we have grave concerns about the manner in which
York has conducted themselves. Since the strike
began in early March, York has repeatedly refused
our requests to resume bargaining. Commissioner
Kaplan's report effectively gives York and any
other employer free rein to ignore their
obligations to bargain in good faith," said
Lefebvre.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">"There are elements of
this report that are worthy of support and long
overdue. We welcome Commissioner Kaplan's
recommendation to establish a task force on
precarious employment in the post-secondary
education sector and call on the government to
implement this recommendation with all due haste.
However, we cannot in good conscience agree to
surrender our members' constitutionally-guaranteed
right to bargain collectively," he added.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><span itemscope=""
itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"
style="max-width: 100%;"><span itemprop="name"
style="max-width: 100%;">Fred Hahn</span></span>,
President of CUPE Ontario, said the lengthy
dispute represents, "a failure on the part of <span
style="max-width: 100%;">York University</span>
to live up to its basic obligations to bargain in
good faith, and a failure on the Government's part
to ensure that institutions that receive
substantial amounts of public money live up to
those obligations."</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">"York has repeatedly
refused to sit down and negotiate. They continue
to demand that CUPE 3903 agree to concessions and
the Government risks rewarding their bad behaviour
by expecting workers to surrender their Charter
right to free collective bargaining. No one should
be expected to do that, particularly when so many
university workers across
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or below the poverty line," said Hahn.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">CUPE 3903's bargaining
team remains available to resume bargaining on
short notice, as they have since the strike began.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">"At this time, four
faculty councils, three department councils, 13
graduate and undergraduate student associations,
and the
<span style="max-width: 100%;">York University</span>
Graduate Student Association have all passed
motions of non-confidence in President
<span itemscope=""
itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"
style="max-width: 100%;"><span itemprop="name"
style="max-width: 100%;">Rhonda Lenton</span></span>
and the York Board of Governors, in large part due
to their refusal to bargain. The
<span style="max-width: 100%;">York University</span>
Faculty Association has expressed its own 'deep
concerns' for the same reasons. For the sake of
the summer terms, for students and for York's own
reputation, we hope York will do the right thing
and bargain with its employees," said Lefebvre.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">SOURCE Canadian Union of
Public Employees (CUPE)</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">For further information:
Julian Arend, CUPE 3903 Spokesperson, ; Kevin
Wilson, CUPE Communications,
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