York University’s TA strike came as expected. Just like the strike in 2008, the entire campus is shut down. Students will be out of school for, who knows how long. I suppose this is not a surprise for many people. York has a reputation of labor disruptions, all in the name of creating a better…

After 6 years of peace, 3,700 Contracted Professor and teaching assistants at York University rejected the offer by the university and officially went on strike at 12:00am March 3rd. Before the voting, bargaining team had made some progresses on the collective agreement, but they suggested that the result is dissatisfying earlier on Monday, March 2nd.…