OPEN STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FROM YUFA MEMBERS

We the undersigned members of YUFA, representing full time tenured faculty at York, express our full
public support for the striking workers of CUPE 3903. Without reference to specific bargaining
proposals, it is clear that CUPE 3903 at York and 3902 at U of T are both struggling against the growth in
poorly paid contingent and contract labour in universities, a trend that threatens tenure-stream faculty
and the institution in myriad ways.
While Ontario has the worst per-student funding formulas in Canada, York has the worst proportional
ratio of tenure track hires in Ontario. The growth in contingent labour in the academy contributes
directly to the undermining of YUFA work, as our numbers decrease in proportion to the research,
governance and graduate teaching needs of the university. 64% of undergraduate teaching at York is
carried out by underpaid and overworked contract faculty, while student tuition is rising at
unprecedented rates. In addition to harming the teaching and learning environment, this expansion of
academic insecurity more broadly harms the university as a public institution, with its chilling effects on
faculty governance, collegiality, and academic freedom. The rise of contingent faculty is further
developing in tandem with the bloating of senior administration and salaries. Our two unions -- CUPE
3903 and YUFA -- stand together in opposing these trends.
Signatories (as of March 5, 2015, 7:00 pm):
Gamal

Abdel-Shehid

Joan

Allen

Sabah

Alnaseri

Alireza

Asgharzadeh

Ibrahim

Badr

Ian

Balfour

Margaret E.

Beare

Shannon

Bell

Jody

Berland

Philippe

Bourdin

Deborah

Brock

Mauro

Buccheri

Donald

Burke

Barbara

Cameron

Eduardo

Canel

Sheila

Cavanagh

Chris

Chapman

Lily

Cho

Matthew

Clark

Rina

Cohen

Diana

Cooper-Clark

Natalie

Coulter

Cheryl

Cowdy

Warren

Crichlow

Alison

Crosby

Raju

Das

Tania

Das Gupta

Elizabeth

Dauphinee

Denielle

Elliott

Lorna

Erwin

Liette

Gilbert

Amanda

Glassbeek

Luin

Goldring

Ricardo

Grinspun

Ratiba

Hadj-Moussa

Jan

Hadlaw

Laam

Hae

Nancy Davis

Halifax

Eve

Haque

Judy

Hellman

Stephen

Hellman

Pablo

Idahosa

Susan

Ingram

Stanley

Jeffers

Cameron

Johnston

Eva C.

Karpinski

Philip

Kelly

Gerald

Kernerman

Robert

Latham

Ute

Lehrer

Carla

Lipsig-Mumme

Brenda

Longfellow

Marcia

Macaulay

Robert

MacDermid

Teresa

Macias

Heather

MacRae

Terry

Maley

Janine

Marchessault

Alina

Marquez

Carlota

McAllister

John

McCullough

David

McNally

Merouan

Mekouar

Jacinthe

Michaud

Radhika

Mongia

Arun

Mukherjee

Karen Bridget

Murray

Marcello

Musto

Natasha

Myers

Eric

Mykhalovskiy

Nancy

Nicol

Michael

Nijhawan

Anne

O'Connell

Hyun

Ok Park

Andrea

O'Reilly

Michael

Ornstein

Deborah

Orr

Leo

Panitch

Viviana

Patroni

Mark

Peacock

P.E.

Perkins

Nalini

Persram

Dennis

Pilon

Carolyn

Podruchny

Norene

Pupo

Indhu

Rajagopal

Geoffrey

Reaume

Darryl

Reed

Markus

Reisenleitner

Ester

Reiter

Karen

Robson

Stephanie

Ross

Nick

Ruest

Victor

Shea

Hira

Singh

Lisa

Sloniowski

Glenn

Stalker

Jennifer A.

Stephen

David

Szablowski

Patrick

Taylor

Mark

Thomas

Steven

Tufts

Livy

Visano

Colleen

Wagner

Andy

Weaver

Walter

Whiteley

Sandra

Whitworth

Daphne

Winland

Lesley

Wood

Douglas

Young

Anna

Zalik