[Fdu] York University urges all Ontario MPPs to support immediate back-to-work legislation

Sat May 5 17:55:39 EDT 2018

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Following more than six months of bargaining to reach a negotiated 
agreement with CUPE 3903, and now more than nine weeks into a strike, 
York University’s President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton has 
asked the provincial government to take immediate legislative action today.

Yesterday, the Hon. Mitzie Hunter, Minister of Advanced Education and 
Skills Development spoke directly to both York and CUPE 3903 and asked 
the parties to meet to discuss consensual arbitration – a recommendation 
made by William Kaplan in the government-appointed Industrial Inquiry 
Commission (IIC). President Lenton immediately endorsed the report and 
directed York’s bargaining team to reach out to CUPE 3903 to discuss the 
terms for interest arbitration.

Unfortunately, yesterday, CUPE 3903 rejected the IIC Report’s findings 
that the parties allow an independent third-party to break the impasse 
and end the strike. Despite this, York invited CUPE 3903 to join the 
University bargaining team this morning at an 8:00 am meeting to discuss 
how to move forward to implement the IIC report recommendations 
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but CUPE 3903 did not reply to the invitation and did not attend the 
meeting.

“There has been no path to reaching a settlement at the table for many 
weeks. The ongoing actions by CUPE 3903 further jeopardize our 50,000 
undergraduate students, researchers, and graduate students, and have a 
far-reaching negative ripple effect on our students, their future, and 
their families,” said Lenton.

Students who are expecting to graduate are facing great uncertainty that 
is impacting their career, including the loss of job opportunities, 
further studies, and the impacts of stress on their mental health.

“Government intervention is urgently needed, and time is running out for 
any legislative option to be possible. The government must act now. 
That’s why I called Minister Hunter this morning to ask that she advise 
the Minister of Labour to immediately introduce back to work legislation 
to end the strike and initiate binding arbitration,” Lenton said. 
Legislative action is now the only way to ensure that some of the 
academic year can be salvaged, including make-up classes and exams to 
complete the winter term, alternative learning options for those who are 
no longer able to resume normal classes, and to ensure that spring 
convocation stays on schedule andpreserve what remains of the summer 
sessions.

The University engaged in good-faith bargaining for more than six months 
and presented CUPE 3903 with the best offer in the sector, in Ontario, 
on March 1.

The IIC report clearly states what the University has been saying for 
many months: CUPE 3903 in its current state is not capable or willing to 
modify its positions to reach a settlement.

Back-to-work legislation is now the only option, a last resort option 
that the University does not take lightly but one that was clearly put 
forward in the IIC Report: /“Failing consensual interest arbitration, 
and assuming the continuation of this dispute, legislative intervention 
imposing interest arbitration will almost certainly be necessary.”/

York calls on all Ontario MPPs to support back-to-work legislation. Our 
50,000 undergraduate students and their families have paid too high a 
price already and need the government’s action immediately.

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