“The best deals ... happen at the bargaining table,” said Hunter, minister of advanced education and skills development, at the legislature on Wednesday. Hunter said she has reached out to both sides to end the job action , which began March 5 for some 3,000 teaching assistants, contract faculty and graduate assistants, impacting about half of all classes. Post-secondary Minister Mitzie Hunter is urging both York University and the union representing its striking teaching assistants to return to the bargaining table. “I know everyone is working very hard,” Hunter also said. A five-week strike by college teachers last fall ended after the government passed back-to-work legislation.

Source: thestar March 21, 2018 22:23 UTC