York University Strike 2008

Are universities a nest of richly subsidized radicals who are overpaid and underworked?

Law firm seeks compensation for students, including loss of income and tuition

End of 12-week strike means 45,000 students will head back to class next week

Union can only launch suit once government back-to-work bill passes

Students could have returned to classes as early as Monday

With unanimous support, classes could have restarted as early as Monday

Bill will be voted on at a “special sitting” Sunday afternoon

Three rarely-talked-about facts make this strike unique

Toronto newspapers blame union for impasse, urge McGuinty government to step in

Four programs taught by tenured faculty are set to resume Monday

Thursday’s editorial is now online:

Premier dispatches his “biggest gun” in an attempt to break the 11-week deadlock