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On The Line - Strike StoriesEpisode 9 - Finale!In this extra-long final episode, picketers show us what CUPE 3903 solidarity is all about. On the last days of picketing, our interviewers asked individual picketers from nineteen different departments what they would miss most now that the strike was mostly over. Picketers commented that bonding, community, camaraderie, and warm relationships developed on the picket line would be missed the most. All union members are looking forward to getting back to their students, the classroom, and their research. Efforts are already underway to ensure continued solidarity across the union to further strengthen the organizational unity that was demonstrated during the...
2024-04-1939 min
On The Line - Strike StoriesEpisode 8 - 8th Line Picket Members - Financial SupportIn this episode, Fatima talks to Sydney of the Strike Pay Committee from the 8th Line, an integral picket line comprised of many members working in the background to support all striking members. They discuss the volume of work involved in turning around hundreds of picketers' pay for their weekly work and the volume of discrepancies in the forms submitted. Some instructions for picketers when submitting their pay forms are provided.
2024-04-1622 min
On The Line - Strike StoriesEpisode 7 - 8th Line Picket Members - Strike Hardship FundIn this episode, Fatima interviews Frankie, a Unit 1 rank-and-file member on the 8th Line, an integral picket line comprised of many members working in the background to support all striking members. Frankie discusses the Hardship Fund administration during the strike and provides instructions on how to apply.#WeAreYork - visit WeAreYork.ca for more information.Looking for ways to support us? Looking to DONATE? CLICK HERE:https://3903.cupe.ca/2024/03/08/support-striking-workers-at-york-university/
2024-04-1616 min
On The Line - Strike StoriesEpisode 6 - GEO Food CommonsIn this episode, Khaoula and Kris interview members of the GEO Food Commons. GEO Food Commons is an initiative developed by students from the Geography department who recognized the need to address the food insecurity faced by many grad students. It is a place of care, community, and world-building. During the strike, it was the first of the Mutual Aid projects held at Founders Line. GEO Food Commons will remain accessible to students after the strike is over.#WeAreYork - visit WeAreYork.ca for more information.Looking for ways to support...
2024-04-1531 min
On The Line - Strike StoriesEpisode 5 - Police Intimidation on the Picket Lines - Part 2 - CUPE 3903 as a beacon for all of CUPE.In part 2 of the episode on Police Surveillance and Intimidation on the Picket Lines, Justyna, President of Queen's University Union,, tells us that an injury to one is an injury to all. Vince expands this belief by telling us that we need to see solidarity across all lines of the union, regardless of race or class. Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario, joins the March 4th rally against police oppression. All fights for justice are guaranteed in the Canadian constitution. Eve asks, "Why are the Cops here?", Their presence makes us angry and always will. The erosion of police...
2024-04-1119 min
On The Line - Strike StoriesEpisode 4 - Police Surveillance and Intimidation on the Picket Lines - Part 1 In this episode, Fatima, Khaoula and Kris cover a review of the March 4th police brutality and unfair arrest of peaceful CUPE3903 picketers through interviews with witnesses and fellow picketers. We hear from Desmond Cole, a journalist and community activist with No Pride in Policing and Scholars Strike Canada, and Patrick Teed, a Unit 1 member and student in Social Political Thought, on the police's transgressions and the ongoing oppression of Indigenous, racialized minorities, and those who express Palestinian solidarity.#WeAreYork - visit WeAreYork.ca for more information.Looking for ways to support us...
2024-04-0419 min
On The Line - Strike StoriesEpisode 4 - TrailerFor episode 4, we bring you part 1 of a two-part series on police surveillance and intimidation on the picket line. Listen to the full episode!Looking for ways to support us? Looking to DONATE? CLICK HERE:https://3903.cupe.ca/2024/03/08/support-striking-workers-at-york-university/
2024-04-0301 min
On The Line - Strike StoriesEpisode 3 - Radium Girls - The Play!In Episode 3, Fatima and Khaoula interview Stephanie and Kayla, members of Radium Girls, a play about the commercialization of science, the pursuit of both health and wealth, the power of the underdog, and the fierce injustice laborers in America have faced and continue to face in the present. York's Department of Theatre and Performance has included a special solidarity statement to CUPE 3903 in the run of their performance of this very relevant play at the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre at York University.For more details on the play and to get tickets, see: https://3903.cupe...
2024-03-2912 min
On The Line - Strike StoriesEpisode 2 - Fighting hard for what we deserve - our livelihood, stolen wages, and job stabilityIn this episode, Shawn speaks with Shreya, a Political Science PhD student and TA, about being on the picket line, her love of academia, working with her CUPE colleagues, and her belief in fighting for fair wages and job stability. Visit WeAreYork.ca for more information about the strike.
2024-03-2712 min
On The Line - Strike StoriesEpisode 1 - D&D Community and What's at Stake During the StrikeThis is our first episode! Shawn speaks with Johnathan on the picket line about D&D, thoughts about the strike, precarity, and what's at stake during the strike. Visit WeAreYork.ca for more information about the strike.
2024-03-2115 min
The CUPE CastTimbits or Samosas: The Best Picket Line food and more!The new CUPE Cast is here!
What’s your favourite picket line food?
In CUPE Cast Episode 18, Tiffany, Brittany, and Elise chat about picket lines, strikes, what to do when you see a picket line, how to support workers on strike, famous picket lines and more!
Show Notes:
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/strikes-and-picket-lines-explained/amp
https://cupe3338.ca/strikeinfo/
https://3903.cupe.ca/picketing-tips/
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-strikefoods-pg-photogallery.html (Nov 5, 2007-Feb 12, 2008)
Operation Christmas Cheer: https://www.operationcheer.com
Stripper St...
2022-10-2534 min
Lior Samfiru - Samfiru Tumarkin LLPStriking York University workers slam back-to-work legislationThe union representing striking workers at York University says the Ontario government's back-to-work legislation amounts to a "trampling" of employees' constitutional rights.The Doug Ford government introduced legislation to end the strike that has crippled the university for nearly five months. "Trampling workers' constitutional rights is difficult to stomach," said Devin Lefebvre, chairperson of CUPE Local 3903. Does back-to-work legislation infringe upon employee rights? Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, joined host Tasha Kheiriddin on Global News Radio 640 Toronto to discuss the legality of legislation forcing workers to return to work, and a...
2018-07-1609 min
The Six Cents ReportYork University Strike - 6CR #19York University and CUPE 3903 have history of employment strikes. Darnell & Joel discuss who's at fault for the most recent strike.
Reference Articles:
York University on strike: Why it keeps happening again and again
Arbitration is the only answer to ‘clash’ in York U strike, says labour report
There is no end in sight for the latest York University strike. Here’s why
The York Strike
York university strike: Confusion on campus
Top seven reasons why unions matter – a conversation with young workers
York U - FAQ
2018-06-2231 min
Needs No IntroductionTariq Ali: Imperial BluesIMPERIAL BLUES: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine. A Public Lecture by TARIQ ALI. Tariq Ali spoke in Toronto on October 15th on the topic of "Imperial Blues" Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine", and on the subject of his new book: "Pirates of the Carribean - an Axis of Hope". The event was organized by CUPE 3903 ... and recorded for rabble.ca by Kim Elliott. TARIQ ALI was born in Lahore (then British India) in 1943. He was educated in Pakistan and later at Oxford. His opposition to the military dictatorship in Pakistan prevented his return to...
2006-10-2755 min