totallyawesome Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Anyone have word on if the contract faculty are seriously crossing their own picket lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I have not heard one way or another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 this is the epitome of being York'd lmao Juan Andrés @Don_juann7 10m10 minutes ago I'm in disbelief right now. 7 hour lecture on a Saturday was the best thing they could come up with... #YorkUStrike pic.twitter.com/x8AXMFyiCR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Just realized that March 16 is the CUPE3903 annual election for the Executive. Wonder if this will delay bargaining between York and CUPE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 posted in the 3903 Main Gate group on FB: An anonymous tip came in during the strike committee meeting this afternoon that the university is pressuring professors to ask TAs to cross their own picket line to teach Bio 1000!!! That feel when the union doesn't realize that they've lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 If the University is pressuring professors to get TA's in to teach then I'd say that its York who has "lost" (as if anyone actually wins here), wouldn't you say? Kind of proves that little can be done without them and are more valuable than what Admin is letting on? JohnGrisham 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 If the University is pressuring professors to get TA's in to teach then I'd say that its York who has "lost" (as if anyone actually wins here), wouldn't you say? Kind of proves that little can be done without them and are more valuable than what Admin is letting on? They're asking people who don't want to be on strike to return to work, and they will use the fact that classes have resumed for a large portion of the school to break down the remainding members on strike. U of T did the same thing. A lot of their TAs have been working the entire time. It undermines the power of a strike. All they have to do now is offer something to one of the 2 groups on strike and it will be over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Wonder what the law on such issues. Sounds like bully tactics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Wonder what the law on such issues. Sounds like bully tactics? Union members can be punished for scabbing, but unions rarely punish very harshly for this. Probably some shaming. My friend at U of T is working on his PhD in economics, and a lot of his classmates are still doing their TA duties and all they've received is shaming from picketers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I meant by the employer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 "pressuring" was the word used by a picketer. I imagine it is more of a "Return to work, we will pay you" Not a lot of the science TAs are picketing, and many don't want to be on strike so I don't think they would require much convincing. aaronjw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yeah that is true. There is definitely a divide between social sciences/arts programs and those that aren't. The challenge, however, is that most of the membership appears to be made up of the former Falling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yeah that is true. There is definitely a divide between social sciences/arts programs and those that aren't. The challenge, however, is that most of the membership appears to be made up of the former I imagine york's lawyers are writing up new languge for indexation. It will seem stronger, but they will still have a way out in case they need to increase tuition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 LOL! Question on FB about Unit 2's doing work to rule and the suggestion came up just to give everyone A's until the labour dispute is over. I'm in favour of that idea! hah Falling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Did you read that osgoode hall remediation procedure document? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yeah I did. It sucks but they really don't have a choice given some of the specifics required from their program to be completed by April 24th. I did like the Appendix A though lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Apparently Osgoode will be hiring scabs. I'm willing to bet most science TAs will be working by next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Apparently "scab" is a very offensive term. I wasn't aware. Apologies if anyone was offended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Apparently "scab" is a very offensive term. I wasn't aware. Apologies if anyone was offended. Are you serious? Enough with this PC crap. 011235813 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Are you serious? Enough with this PC crap. Serious. Apparently it is super offensive? I didn't even know it had anything to do with strikebreaking until last week LOL Anyways, I think it is a perfect way to troll the liberal arts phds who are complaining about the university asking TAs to come back to work. aaronjw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Another thing, apparently the supreme court ruling on being legislated back to work doesn't apply to our union. There is some legal mumbo jumbo posted in the maingate page on FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Another thing, apparently the supreme court ruling on being legislated back to work doesn't apply to our union. There is some legal mumbo jumbo posted in the maingate page on FB. Yeah, for some reason this situation is different than in 2008/09 when they were legislated back to work. I haven't yet figured out what the difference is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I should get the brother in law (he's a lawyer) to explain the legal aspects to me but then I'd have to listen to him pontificate for hours on end which would just end up with visions and thoughts of me wanting to hurl him off a roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I should get the brother in law (he's a lawyer) to explain the legal aspects to me but then I'd have to listen to him pontificate for hours on end which would just end up with visions and thoughts of me wanting to hurl him off a roof I was going to ask my cousin to explain it to me, but I realized that the legal ins and outs are so damn boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I was going to ask my cousin to explain it to me, but I realized that the legal ins and outs are so damn boring. Yup. I take a health ethics class for which I need to sit on a bed of nails to keep my alert to the readings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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