Editing York University (section)

=== 2008 CUPE 3903 Strike ===
{{Main|2008–09 York University strike}}
[[2008–09 York University strike|A strike beginning on November 6, 2008]]<ref>[http://www.3903strike.ca/ York University Strike CUPE 3903 TAs Contract Faculty GAs & RAs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716084713/http://www.3903strike.ca/|date=2016-07-16 }}. 3903strike.ca. Retrieved on 2010-12-11.</ref> concerned a variety of institutional grievances, including job security for contract professors, elimination of the Non-Academic Student Code of Conduct, creation of whistleblower protection, and fund indexation. On January 20, 2009, CUPE 3903 defeated a forced ratification vote that would have ended the strike. On January 24, Ontario [[Premier of Ontario|premier]] [[Dalton McGuinty]] announced a rare Sunday recall of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario|provincial legislature]] in order to pass back-to-work legislation mandating an immediate end to the strike.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-to-legislate-end-to-york-university-strike-1.779389 "Ontario to legislate end to York University strike"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802210427/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-to-legislate-end-to-york-university-strike-1.779389|date=2021-08-02 }}, CBC News, January 24, 2009.</ref> On January 29, the ''York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act'' was passed in the provincial parliament on a count of 42–8 ending the long 85-day strike and setting a precedent for future university strikes in Ontario.