Toronto - The Executive Committee of the York University Senate has issued a timetable for a return to classes by students, depending upon the date of royal assent of back-to-work legislation in the Ontario legislature.

Premier Dalton McGuinty recalled the legislature on Sunday and introduced legislation to bring an end to the strike by Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3903, which began Nov. 6. If this legislation passes, all outstanding items between the two parties will go to mediation and binding arbitration.

Senate Executive has declared that there must be at least 24 hours between the end of the disruption – that is, the day when the bill is passed and signed into law (royal assent) – and the resumption of classes. Classes that are suspended will resume as follows, assuming royal assent in the coming week: