The university finally committed to fair contract terms and avoided the strike that would have cost us so much of our education. I am relieved that my tuition will actually go toward my degree rather than being lost to this dispute. Thank you for staying loud with me because we …
WHEREAS students at the University of Toronto are paying an ever increasing amount of money to study at this university, and
WHEREAS the Teaching Assistants at U of T are currently in collective bargaining with the University and asking for poverty-line wages, flexible maternity leave, one-tier health care, smaller tutorial and lab sizes, and a two year contract, and
WHEREAS the Teaching Assistants’ union, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3902, has received a 2/3 support in a strike mandate.
Be it resolved that in the event of a strike that all undergraduate, part-time and full-time, students be refunded the total amount of their tuition dollars for any lost lecture, tutorial or lab time by U of T.
Be it further resolved that the University of Toronto management bargain in good faith with CUPE 3902 Unit 1 (teaching assistants, etc) and reach a contract amenable to both parties so as to avoid a strike situation.
Seeing one thousand signatures on this page feels surreal because my tuition money is currently paying for a lab I cannot even attend. I started this because I am tired of watching my friends struggle to pay for an education they are not receiving while the university refuses to treat its workers with basic human respect.
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 10, 2009
January 8, 2009
I am watching our total inch toward one thousand signatures and I know this pressure is making the administration uncomfortable. Please send the link to your classmates right now because we need to hit this milestone before the bargaining session begins.
December 19, 2008
One hundred of you have stepped up to demand fairness for our teachers and our wallets. Seeing this many students agree that we deserve better than paying full tuition for lost learning keeps me focused on getting the university to listen.
Reached 100 supporters
December 16, 2008
8 Comments
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Sarah Townsend
17 years ago
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tuition is already way too high. if i cant get to class because of a strike i shouldnt have to pay for it. simple as that.
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David Doyle
17 years ago
Featured
It is not fair that students get trapped in the middle of this. We pay for an education and if we dont get it the money should come back.
J
Jessica Schneider
17 years ago
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Im already broke from living in Toronto and if my semester gets ruined im gonna be even more screwed. REFUND OUR DUES.
R
Ryan Mensah
17 years ago
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TOTAL GARBAGE. we are paying thousands for empty lecture halls. pay up U of T.
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Emily McCarthy
17 years ago
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CUPE deserves better pay but the university is just pocketing my money while the classes are sitting empty. enough is enough.
M
Mark Yamamoto
17 years ago
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The school needs to stop playing games and pay the TAs fairly. They do all the work anyway. Pay us back if they walk out.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Engsci 1T7 student
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Gilles Rumfels
11 years ago
Engsci 1T7 student
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The university finally committed to fair contract terms and avoided the strike that would have cost us so much of our education. I am relieved that my tuition will actually go toward my degree rather than being lost to this dispute. Thank you for staying loud with me because we …
WHEREAS students at the University of Toronto are paying an ever increasing amount of money to study at this university, and
WHEREAS the Teaching Assistants at U of T are currently in collective bargaining with the University and asking for poverty-line wages, flexible maternity leave, one-tier health care, smaller tutorial and lab sizes, and a two year contract, and
WHEREAS the Teaching Assistants’ union, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3902, has received a 2/3 support in a strike mandate.
Be it resolved that in the event of a strike that all undergraduate, part-time and full-time, students be refunded the total amount of their tuition dollars for any lost lecture, tutorial or lab time by U of T.
Be it further resolved that the University of Toronto management bargain in good faith with CUPE 3902 Unit 1 (teaching assistants, etc) and reach a contract amenable to both parties so as to avoid a strike situation.
Seeing one thousand signatures on this page feels surreal because my tuition money is currently paying for a lab I cannot even attend. I started this because I am tired of watching my friends struggle to pay for an education they are not receiving while the university refuses to treat its workers with basic human respect.
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 10, 2009
January 8, 2009
I am watching our total inch toward one thousand signatures and I know this pressure is making the administration uncomfortable. Please send the link to your classmates right now because we need to hit this milestone before the bargaining session begins.
December 19, 2008
One hundred of you have stepped up to demand fairness for our teachers and our wallets. Seeing this many students agree that we deserve better than paying full tuition for lost learning keeps me focused on getting the university to listen.
Reached 100 supporters
December 16, 2008
8 Comments
S
Sarah Townsend
17 years ago
Featured
tuition is already way too high. if i cant get to class because of a strike i shouldnt have to pay for it. simple as that.
D
David Doyle
17 years ago
Featured
It is not fair that students get trapped in the middle of this. We pay for an education and if we dont get it the money should come back.
J
Jessica Schneider
17 years ago
Featured
Im already broke from living in Toronto and if my semester gets ruined im gonna be even more screwed. REFUND OUR DUES.
R
Ryan Mensah
17 years ago
Featured
TOTAL GARBAGE. we are paying thousands for empty lecture halls. pay up U of T.
E
Emily McCarthy
17 years ago
Featured
CUPE deserves better pay but the university is just pocketing my money while the classes are sitting empty. enough is enough.
M
Mark Yamamoto
17 years ago
Featured
The school needs to stop playing games and pay the TAs fairly. They do all the work anyway. Pay us back if they walk out.
tuition is already way too high. if i cant get to class because of a strike i shouldnt have to pay for it. simple as that.