York University's latest offer to its striking contract faculty and teaching assistants will be voted on starting April 6 in what CUPE Local 3903 calls a ``forced ratification vote.''
More than 3,000 staff walked off the job March 5 over the key issues of wages and job security.
Bargaining had resumed last Tuesday with the help of a mediator, but collapsed when the two sides failed to find common ground.
The university then sought a vote on its latest offer and says the Ontario Labour Relations Board is now making arrangements for an electronic vote to take place between April 6-9 for each of its three bargaining units at the school.
In announcing its decision, the OLRB says with about 3,200 employees on strike in three bargaining units, ``there is some urgency to this matter'' and that picket lines are active, some classes have been cancelled and there has been ``significant disruption'' for students.
However, in a message to striking staff, CUPE says the latest offer is ``not meaningfully different from the one that was rejected on March 2'' and ``needs to be rejected again'' to ensure fair contracts for all three bargaining units.