Sunday December 23^rd

RESCHEDULING OF CLASSES STILL UNCERTAIN
Strike to continue at least one more week in the New Year


Classes will not be resuming on January 3^rd, as negotiations between York Administration and CUPE 3903 are not taking place. As of Thursday December 14^th, York Administration has refused to continue negotiations with the union.

The ratification vote, which will take place on January 4^th and January 5^th means that the strike will continue at least one more week into the New Year.

If York Administration's contract does not win support in the ratification vote, the strike will still continue.

If the union votes to accept York Administration's contract, classes may resume within a week of the vote.

However according to Ontario Labour Minister Chris Stockwell, ratification votes are rejected "10, 15, 25 percent of the time".

It is also thought that the odds of a yes vote are low because it is being supervised by the Progressive Conservatives, who are notorious among graduate students for having deregulated tuition fees.

CUPE 3903 will be having a general meeting on December 28^th to discuss the contract and forced vote. The primary issue of York Administration's final contract is tuition indexation, which is still being removed from graduate students.




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