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=== 2024 CUPE 3903 Strike ===

After avoiding a strike in 2021, Units 1, 2, and 3 of CUPE 3903 went on strike beginning Monday, February 26, 2024. As in previous years, the union was focused on job stability for contract faculty and wage increases for all three units.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2024-02-26|title=3,000 York University academic workers go on strike|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-university-strike-1.7125523|access-date=2024-03-03|work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> 

The wage issue was twofold. In the renewal collective bargaining agreement, covering 2023 through 2026, the union hoped to win wage increases matching record inflation. In addition, the provincial government passed Bill 124 in 2019, which limited public sector raises to 1% annually.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill 124, Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 - Legislative Assembly of Ontario|url=https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-124|access-date=2024-04-20|website=www.ola.org|language=en}}</ref> The [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]] ruled that Bill 124 violated the right of unions under the ''[[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]'' to collectively bargain, upholding a lower court's ruling. Rather than further appeal the decision to the [[Supreme Court of Canada|Supreme Court]], the Ford government instead decided to repeal the law in its entirety, allowing CUPE 3903 and other public sector unions in Ontario to negotiate for retroactive wage increases for the three years that Bill 124 was in effect.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Casey|first=Liam|date=February 12, 2024|title=Ontario to repeal wage-cap law after Appeal Court rules Ford government's Bill 124 unconstitutional|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bill-124-appeal-court-ruling-ontario-1.7112291|work=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=The Canadian Press|date=February 23, 2024|title=Ontario repeals Bill 124, wage restraint law twice found unconstitutional|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bill-124-repeal-1.7123516|work=CBC News}}</ref>

On April 14, CUPE 3903 and York University announced that they had reached a tentative agreement. The agreement was ratified by CUPE 3903's membership on April 19, ending the strike after 53 days with the union's members returning to work on Monday, April 22, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=Striking York University workers reach tentative deal: union|url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7173732|website=cbc.ca|date=April 15, 2024|access-date=April 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=April 19th 2024 Ratification Vote Results for Units 1, 2 & 3|url=https://3903.cupe.ca/2024/04/19/april-19th-2024-ratification-vote-results-for-units-1-2-3/|
date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|website=3903.cupe.ca}}</ref>