When will they know!?!!!

 

When deciding on what activist project I should speak about, I figured that the CUPE 3903 activist project and the University of York would be a great discussion to speak about.
            It all started on Thursday, November 6^th 2008, where the CUPE 3903 activist project was released, and where students were told not to come back to school until they were told! I personally know many students that enrolled at York that were jumping for joy to not have school, but didn’t think too much about what might actually happen in the long run! Most of these students now, have been out of school for almost 3 weeks and have either gotten a part job because they can’t afford doing nothing all day, or just take the option and sleep and eat as much as they can!
            But, really imagine how each of these students are getting affected every day by this crazy strike! They have spent thousands of dollars on application fees, tuition, residence fees and even parking permits. So this is where the question lies… .where is all this money going to now? Do they eventually get it back? No one knows!              So let’s get down to the bottom of this CUPE 3903 activist project, and really explain what it’s all about! The University of York has stated that the CUPE 3903 is demanding a 41% increase in the next 2 years, plus providing benefits. Apparently, the University of York Teacher Assistants or better known as TA’s are getting paid the most in the great Toronto area, at a rate of 65.00 dollars an hour. (Each of them working at least 10 hours a week.) However, this is were the whole strike happened, they had argued that no TA works in the GTA 10 hours a week. They stated that, “ We just can’t stop working when our hour is up, when we are helping students with work, we deserve to work until we can!” (Viklund)
            This ongoing chaos has left many student in despair, and not knowing when they will eventually end up back in the classroom! The school predicts that the students can start making there way back sometime in January and will have to make up the classes missed in the summer of 2009.
In conculsion, CUPE does have a reason to go on strike, because they are not getting paid for the extra hours of work, but on the other hand,  why should the students have to suffer? There are 5000 students that are dying for school to come back, to know that their money is going to their education! But the anticipating question is when will they all find out!

 

Work Cited:

For more information check out this website:

http://cupestrikevideo.wordpress.com

"DOES CUPE 3903 REALLY WANT TO SETTLE THIS DISPUTE? ." York U.

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Viklund, Andreas. "Cupe 3903 Strike Video." [Weblog Cupe 3903 Strike Video]

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