York University Faculty Association preparing for possible strike [Video]

York University may see another strike this year – and it could happen as fall classes roll back in session.

On Thursday, the York University Faculty Association (YUFA) announced it is getting prepared for a possible strike or lockout after saying administration “threatened to unilaterally change” working conditions for several staff.

“The last thing we want is to be on the picket line rather than in our classrooms,” YUFA’s president, Ellie Perkins said, in the release. “We’re doing everything we can to get a fair deal that protects the quality of education we’re able to offer our students.”

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YUFA is the certified bargaining agent for about 1,700 full-time faculty, librarians and archivists, as well as post-doctoral visitors at the university.

A major concern for both faculty and students alike, the association says, is the increased class sizes for undergraduate students. According to YUFA, Glendon and Keele campuses are seeing ten times the number of students in some of …