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President's message on the labour disruption
- Published_at:2015-03-03
- Category:Education
- Channel:YorkUniversity
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- description: Hello. I am Mamdouh Shoukri, President and Vice-Chancellor of York University. Our University is currently experiencing a labour disruption with one of our unions, CUPE 3903, representing Teaching Assistants, contract faculty and Graduate Assistants. The strike is unfortunate. It impacts the entire York community, particularly our students. I know that students and their parents are very concerned – I share their concerns. Let me assure you that every reasonable effort was made by the University to avoid this labour disruption. We believe a settlement is readily achievable. We look forward to resuming negotiations. While we face the same fiscal challenges as other institutions in the broader public and university sector. Let me be clear. York University has not sought concessions, roll-backs or net zero compensation increases. In fact, the compensation and other collective agreement improvements we are offering are highly competitive with recent settlements elsewhere. Moreover, York already leads the postsecondary education sector in a variety of bargaining areas. To provide clarity to our students, for the duration of the strike, we have regrettably suspended classes, with limited exceptions. However, all York facilities, including libraries, residences, computer labs, cafeterias, athletic facilities and offices will remain open during their usual operating hours. The University remains committed to returning to normal operations as quickly as possible so that students can complete their courses and program requirements in as timely a way as possible. We value our relationship with CUPE 3903. I am confident that, when we return to the bargaining table, we will reach a fair and competitive settlement, which will enable us all to get back to our priority of providing the best possible learning environment for our students. Mamdouh Shoukri President and Vice-Chancellor
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