>>YORK UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND LIBRARIANS ENTER FOURTH WEEK OF STRIKE
>>
>>Last week, 1050 York University faculty and librarians entered
the fourth
>>week of a strike against the university's administration.
>>
>>The walkout occurred on March 20 for fairness in compensation, retirement
>>and governance at the university. Throughout the strike, equity among
>>faculty members has become an increasingly important theme.
>>While the average York Professor makes CDN$68,000, a typical
>>younger/newer assistant or
>>associate professor makes between 45,000 and 55,000. We have not seen a
>>progress through the ranks increase in years. Women faculty in
particular
>>are systematically underpaid compared to their male colleagues. While we
>>have dropped from 4th place in average pay among
>>Ontario universities to 11th place over the past 10 years (while living in
>>Canada's most expensive city), our class sizes and workload have
increased constantly. Current discussions about technological change
and governance at the university are not conducted in a democratic way but
in a top down fashion. Many colleagues don't have enough money to retire
on when they're 65 years old.
>>
>>We have been on the picket lines almost daily. The strike has been a
>>resounding success of solidarity and collegiality but the Adminsitration
>>has been a bulwark of arrogance and stubbornness. Last week, a
proposal by
>>our Union, the York University Faculty Association (YUFA) to end the
>>strike immediately by agreeing to binding arbitration was turned down by
>>the University. The administration siad they would return instead to
negotiating. That offer was made four days ago and they have yet to
contact the negotiator. Today we are back on the picket lines.
>> >>
>>We need your support in this struggle.
>>
>>Please visit our union's website for more detailed information:
>>http://www.yorku.ca/org/yufa
>>
>>email your support to us or directly to YUFA: [log in to unmask]
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>>Thanks for your solidarity and support!!!
>>
>>Roger Keil and Linda Peake
>>
>>email: [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask]
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