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Strike continues at University of Toronto as TAs reject deal

CTVNews.ca Staff Published Monday, March 23, 2015 3:00AM EDT Last Updated Monday, March 23, 2015 3:09AM EDT

Teaching assistants protest at Queen's Park

People march to Queen's Park demanding more education funding after a rally organized by CUPE 3903 at York University and CUPE 3902 at the University of Toronto, on Saturday, March 21, 2015.

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The strike continues at the University of Toronto as workers voted to reject a tentative contract offer on Monday morning.

Striking teaching assistants and other members of Unit 1 of Local 3902 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees narrowly voted to continue the strike. Final tallies had the votes at 1101 to 992 to continue the strike.

The contract had offered a raise to the annual funding package PhD and Masters students receive for their work from $15,000 to $17,500.

Approximately 6,000 teaching assistants, lab demonstrators and others went on strike on Feb. 27, leading to a small number of class cancellations, piles of unmarked papers, and delays crossing picket lines to get to classes.

York strike continues

Meanwhile at York University, teaching assistants and other members of CUPE 3903 continue to strike. They walked off the job on March 3, also demanding compensation increases.

Although all classes were originally cancelled at York, most are expected to be back in session on Monday. York’s website has a list of courses that will resume.