[Fdu] preliminary results: All Three Units Vote NO in the Forced Ratification

[Cynthia Wright]

  All Three Units Vote NO in the Forced Ratification

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.

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.

Here are the preliminary results:


  Unit 1: 86% NO

YES: 210 votes
NO: 1279 votes
13 ballots in dispute
Total: 1502 votes cast


  Unit 2: 86% NO

YES:108 votes
NO: 653 votes
11 ballots in dispute
Total: 772 votes cast


  Unit 3: 98% NO

YES: 1 vot
NO: 43 votes
2 ballots in dispute
Total: 46 votes cast

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.

Our bargaining team remains ready and willing to bargain. We await 
York's response.


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