[opirgyork] 3903 Support Rally Today @ 11:30am + Further Ways to Support the Union

Mon Mar 9 06:06:12 PDT 2015

Hey Folks!

Join folks today for a support rally for 3903 @ York University - people
are mobilizing around the strike, and undergrads and allies are showing
their support for 3903 and 3902 at U of T! OPIRG is here to support you,
supporting the unions! So please get involved and stay in touch!! For the
duration of the CUPE 3903 strike, OPIRG York board and staff will continue
to fill our mandate, continue to do work in the community, and continue to
work on social and environmental justice issues, but will not be crossing
picket lines. Please see our solidarity statement below as well as ASAY's
solidarity statement.

*YorkU Undergrads for CUPE 3903* -
https://www.facebook.com/groups/342473285945776 --> ALSO see info below and
get involved!
*For A Better York - CUPE 3903 Info for Students*:
https://www.facebook.com/StudentsForABetterYork

*IMPORTANT Info. Re. the Ratification Vote CUPE Today*
*Read more About Tuition Indexation:*  http://on.fb.me/1MkUg9v
*History of Tuition Indexation:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlqLzXphFoY

*FOR 3903'ers - Ratification Vote Today:*
http://3903.cupe.ca/2015/03/07/ratification-vote-to-be-held-monday-march-9/

-OPIRG York
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*TODAY: **Undergrad Rally and Picket Line Support for CUPE 3903*
*11:30am, Main Gate Picket @ York Blvd and Keele St.*

We would just like to be clear about the intentions and purpose of this
rally. Our intent is to show that many undergraduate students are in
support of and united in struggle with CUPE 3903. We recognize and
immensely respect that TAs, graduate assistants, research assistants and
course instructors are the lifeline of York University – they make our
education possible. Their working conditions are our learning conditions.
We want to show our support for the fight for living wages, job security,
tuition indexation, and better teaching and learning conditions for
everyone. Showing our support for CUPE’s demands, our solidarity with
CUPE’s members and addressing the broader issues of austerity and
precarious work should be our main focus.
We hope to see you all this morning! Bring signs and banners!

*Read more About Tuition Indexation:*  http://on.fb.me/1MkUg9v
*History of Tuition Indexation:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlqLzXphFoY
*Info for Students Re. 3903 Strike: *
https://www.facebook.com/StudentsForABetterYork

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*YorkU Undergrads for CUPE 3903*

Join group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/342473285945776/

We are a group of undergraduate students creating a collective in support
of CUPE 3903.We must show the administration that many undergraduate
students are in support of and united in struggle with CUPE 3903. TAs,
graduate assistants, research assistants and course instructors are the
lifeline of this university – they make our education possible. Their
working conditions impact our learning conditions.

Let’s show our support for their fight for living wages, job security, and
better teaching and learning conditions for everyone. Show the
administration that we refuse to accept or support the exploitation of
teaching staff and graduate students!

Join the picket lines in solidarity! The more people who are mobilized in
support, the faster and more successfully the strike will end.

Any undergraduate students that would like to get involved in
strike/solidarity action with CUPE 3903, please contact us at
undergrads4cupe at gmail.com

Follow us on twitter for updates and action plans @undergrads4cupe

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*OPIRG York Strike Solidarity Statement with CUPE 3903 & 3902*

*March 3rd, 2015.*
*(View online + please share here: bit.ly/3903support
<http://bit.ly/3903support>)*

The staff and board at OPIRG York extend our solidarity and support for
CUPE 3903 and CUPE 3902 who are on strike for accessible education for all,
a fair and equitable work place, and increased job security. The university
administration has failed to bargain in good faith, and has forced the
unions to strike for these demands. It is the Administration who we must
direct our attention towards and ask that they return to bargaining in good
faith, and demand that they put accessible education first.

Currently many members of 3903 (many of whom are also students) live on
wages below the poverty line, are asked to reapply for their jobs year
after year, and are given class sizes that exceed an ideal learning space
for students. The fight for decent wages, job security and a cap on class
sizes is a fight for students to have a better learning environment. It is
not just a CUPE 3903 fight; it is one that we all should demand from York’s
administration, and is a fight for decent worker’s rights.

For example York has outright refused to add LGBTQ to their equity policy,
which is something 3903 has demanded. The members of 3903 & 3902 deserve
our support. We stand in solidarity with CUPE and it’s membership and
encourages students, community members, faculty and staff to join 3903 and
3902 on the picket line in their demands for accessible education for all.

For the duration of the strike, OPIRG York board and staff will continue to
fill our mandate, and continue to do work in the community, and continue to
work on social and environmental justice issues, but will not be crossing
picket lines.

*To read more about CUPE’s demands and ways to support:*
http://betteryork.ca/

*More information and to contact OPIRG York:*
http://opirgyork.ca
opirgyork at gmail.com, opirgyorkboard at gmail.com.

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-OPIRG York
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www.opirgyork.ca
416-736-5724
opirg at yorku.ca

*There are many ways to get involved at OPIRG. Apply to be a working
group: **http://opirgyork.ca/working-groups
<http://opirgyork.ca/working-groups>*
Contact victoria at opirgyork.ca for further information.

*We also have two collectives: *PrOPIRGanda Radio and the Radical Reading
Room. You can contact us about ways to get involved in these collectives:
opirgyork at gmail.com.

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