The staff at the York University Faculty Association (YUFA) sent the letter below to YUFA members earlier today. Today is the last scheduled day of conciliation, but as we feared, the employer is not taking it seriously. There may very well be a strike due to their inaction.

CUPE 1281 YUFA Sub-local staff are writing to you with a live update from conciliation

As many of you may know, this is the final day of conciliation before Monday, October 27, when YUFA staff will be in a legal strike position.

Over the two weeks since our last conciliation date, staff have proactively tried to get a package in response to the union’s counter sent October 7, 2025. We were proactively reaching out to the YUFA bargaining team before the final day of conciliation in an attempt to make full and productive use of this final day of conciliation. We were unsuccessful in those efforts.

Instead, we have been waiting since 10:00 am this morning for YUFA’s counter. We are still waiting.

Staff also learned that YUFA is taking an hour out of today’s conciliation to have a drop in session to speak to its members about bargaining with staff from 12pm to 1pm.

YUFA staff are urging concerned members to make time today at noon to attend some or all of that planned YUFA drop in session.

Please tell YUFA’s bargaining team to take bargaining seriously, and to turn their full attention to today’s conciliation.

Sincerely,
CUPE 1281 Staff at YUFA

You can tell the YUFA executive to stop playing games and bargain a fair deal!