Topic summary

2018 York University strike

2018 York University strike
Lead figures
  • Rhonda Lenton
    (President)
  • Barry Miller
    (Senior Policy Advisor on Labour Relations)
  • Leanne DeFilippis
    (Executive Director of Faculty Relations)
  • Simon Mortimer
    (Head Lawyer for York University)
  • Devin Lefebvre
    (Chairperson)
  • Hossein Banitabaei
    (Vice-President of Unit 1)
Number

The 2018 York University strike was a strike by CUPE Local 3903, the union representing contract professors, teaching assistants, and graduate assistants at York University. At 143 days long it is the longest strike in the post-secondary sector in Canadian history, surpassing the previous record of the 1976 Laval University 108-day strike. It ended on July 25, when the Ontario Legislature passed the Urgent Priorities Act back-to-work legislation.