Apparently, the Teacher Assistant’s Union at York University is planning to go on strike this Thursday, Nov. 6 for an indefinite period of time. I honestly don’t know much about the situation. All I know is that an agreement between the Teacher Assistant’s Union and York University could not be reached, and they are in a legal position to strike on Thursday – and from what I hear, they are going to strike unless some absolutely miraculous agreement is reached before then. And if there’s a strike, the university has decided to cease academic operations, and therefore, no classes.
The last time such a strike occurred as several years ago, and apparently lasted six weeks or something close to that. So there’s a good chance this upcoming strike could last a month or something, who knows? Some students are upset about the prospect of having to finish the school year in May. Personally, I don’t really care, as I wasn’t planning to do anything particularly interesting next May… so I actually wouldn’t mind having a month break right now.