aaronjw Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 I honestly don't know. Also realized this is from 2000. Would love to see an updated comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 They must have gotten a significant boost during the 2008 strike. I think the TAship makes up the bulk of their stipend (21k). It is the same as other schools, more or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 From the YorkU Memes FB page: I just finished my class with a professor who used to be a part of CUPE. She informed us that based on her past experience, the strike seems very likely to happen this time. Now, few things. She said there are two possible outcomes. Either classes are suspended for the duration of the strike , or they will be in session but beyond picket lines. The strikers are not allowed on university property so while they will attempt to slow students down, students are able to attend class. However, no one will be penalized for staying at home if they are uncomfortable crossing lines. She also says that CUPE participating staff will not be holding class. For those worried about their credits and graduation, she assured us that the admins will never allow for credits to be stuck in limbo. In the worst case scenario, the course will be shortened and evaluated on minimal submitted work. So everyone can relax a little. She does advise that you stay updated on work and readings in the case of a strike, as things resume very quickly once it ends. Again, I have no idea how accurate this information is but this is just me regurgitating a 45 min discussion on the subject. Don't take any of this as fact but do take note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkittens Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 From the YorkU Memes FB page: I just finished my class with a professor who used to be a part of CUPE. She informed us that based on her past experience, the strike seems very likely to happen this time. Now, few things. She said there are two possible outcomes. Either classes are suspended for the duration of the strike , or they will be in session but beyond picket lines. The strikers are not allowed on university property so while they will attempt to slow students down, students are able to attend class. However, no one will be penalized for staying at home if they are uncomfortable crossing lines. She also says that CUPE participating staff will not be holding class. For those worried about their credits and graduation, she assured us that the admins will never allow for credits to be stuck in limbo. In the worst case scenario, the course will be shortened and evaluated on minimal submitted work. So everyone can relax a little. She does advise that you stay updated on work and readings in the case of a strike, as things resume very quickly once it ends. Again, I have no idea how accurate this information is but this is just me regurgitating a 45 min discussion on the subject. Don't take any of this as fact but do take note. Someone else told me their professor said pretty much the same thing a couple weeks ago! According to that prof if the strike isn't resolved by the end of the term they'll give you an option to take whatever mark you had in the course up to when the strike happened and get the credit. Hopefully with this new tunnel crisis York wouldn't want to bring any more bad PR their way and they'll cave *no pun intended * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I need to boost a couple of my marks up from around 79-.79.5. I really doubt they make us take those grades. If they did that, I'd probably just leave and find a job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'm hoping for a week or two strike. I could use that time to get caught up on studies after missing 2 weeks from my surgery lol Reading week wasn't enough to get caught up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Fyi, saw news report this morning that said TA's could go on strike as early as tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 The problem is that even if it isn't a super long strike, we're cutting it pretty close as the term ends in 5 weeks. I've been hoping for a 1-2 week strike, but anything that means I have to take my current grades as final grades would suck a lot (unless my profs are nice enough to bump me up 1%) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruhh Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 The inconsistency of marking at york is such a joke that it makes me want to take MC-only courses from now. I just got back my test for a course and I got 86 (25% of the test was SA questions). My friend who literally missed one of the SA's got 90.5 and we had the exact same mark on MC. I was sure that her TA must be different because my SA answers were definitely superior to hers. Not surprisingly, I found that her TA was different, and that all the other people I know who had her got amazing SA marks, while my TA screwed everyone over on SA. I'm so angry because this is not the first time I've dealt with arbitrary Short Answer marking. Last semester I got a B+ on a humanities essay and I switched to another tutorial who I heard had an easy TA. I ended up with A+ in the course in the end. York'd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Yeah that makes sense. I'm still not sure what side I'm on except to say this action has zilch to do with improving quality of education at york as CUPE claims it's trying to do. All that will happen is more tuition hikes, increased parking fees, etc for students. I'm really at crossroads with education in this country. The groups who seem to benefit from all these tug of wars are those who aren't students. Cost go up, quality and service goes down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 So my supervisor confirmed that the school cannot give you a grade based on what you've done prior to the strike. He also said that they will most likely go on strike, or be in legal strike position on the 3rd, and then they have a 10-15 day period to set up the picket lines. After the picket lines are set up, the school will be closed. I imagine full time faculty will still have class during that 10-15 day strike incubation period. After that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruhh Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) I'm getting conflicting messages from YORK and CUPE. York keeps emailing that the negotiations are going well and a disruption will most likely be avoided. CUPE's website on the other hand focuses on the parts of the proposal that York is neglecting. I can't really tell what's going to happen :/And with respect to what will happen following the strike, I think it's best to just check out this blog to see exactly what happened during the course of he 2008 strike. If you go back to Nov2008 you can find exactly what happened following the strike.https://yorkstrike2008.wordpress.com EDIT: Here is where it all began. https://yorkstrike2008.wordpress.com/page/26/ Edited February 25, 2015 by bruhh Falling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 So long as I don't get a 79 in a course with 80% of the marks remaining, I am happy. That link seems to suggest that something like that can't happen, so I'm good. I may have to push back my MCAT date - I wish we could sign up for more than 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruhh Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Yea, MCAT preparation is my biggest worry as well. if the semester gets extended into spring/summer my studying schedule will get wrecked Falling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I signed up for June 20th, but if we have a 1-2 month strike, that could fall into the "winter" term exams. That would be terrible. With that said, I guess I could start studying for the MCAT during the strike. bruhh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Saw girl at York driving a Bentley wtf Dr. Octavius, Falling and bruhh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Frigging dumbass holding a demonstration outside my classroom while on a bullhorn spewing Union garbage Wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I spoke to some grad students today. Only the social science types want to go on strike, but I think they may represent a large majority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I spoke to some grad students today. Only the social science types want to go on strike, but I think they may represent a large majority. Not surprised by this at all. And I can see why they would. SS/Arts teaching/TA'ing is much more intensive. How many papers do core science types mark? bbsare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Not surprised by this at all. And I can see why they would. SS/Arts teaching/TA'ing is much more intensive. How many papers do core science types mark? And of the ones that science TAs mark, there is usually a rubric, so it is much easier to mark. I'm thinking we find out tomorrow if York goes on strike - we will follow what happens at U of T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkittens Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Not surprised by this at all. And I can see why they would. SS/Arts teaching/TA'ing is much more intensive. How many papers do core science types mark?Also arts TAs are more likely to know about/care about union problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 ^^^ yup, agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Anyone know the word on UofT? I'm thinking York would be more inclined to strike if UofT TA's did as well. Deadline seems to be midnight for UofT but there's been no recent updates that I could find. It's interesting that classes are still held at UofT if TA's strike though but the entire York campus would be shut down... lol (at least this is what I've been told by profs) bruhh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Anyone know the word on UofT? I'm thinking York would be more inclined to strike if UofT TA's did as well. Deadline seems to be midnight for UofT but there's been no recent updates that I could find. It's interesting that classes are still held at UofT if TA's strike though but the entire York campus would be shut down... lol (at least this is what I've been told by profs) Contract faculty will also be on strike at York. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Contract faculty will also be on strike at York. Right. But York wouldn't allow tenured full time profs to continue classes even if they wished to do so whereas at UofT, activities can pretty much go on uninterrupted and the university remains open (they just can't have TAs doing work or whatever) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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