STRIKE COUNT:

Unlimited general strike: +/- 1,046 students (SWSA, GSDFSSA, AHCSSA)

On strike as of April 4: +/- 2,083 (SWSA, GSDFSSA, AHCSSA, EGSS)

Still to come:

Wednesday

CLASHNA strike GA (TBA)

Tuesday

GSDFSSA renewal GA (10 am, EDU 211)

Art History and Communications (6 pm, LEA 26)

Strike blog:

Tuesday 9:45 p.m. | Philosophy undergraduates vote to end strike

The Philosophy Students' Association (PSA) voted today at a general assembly (GA) in the SSMU cafeteria not to renew the unlimited strike it initially declared on March 28. The original strike mandate stipulated that it be renewed every five academic days. The vote was 44 in favour of renewal, 68 against, and 6 abstentions. PSA co-president Emma Ryman estimates that turnout equaled about 29 per cent of the roughly 400 Philosophy undergraduates at McGill that the PSA represents. The PSA allowed students to vote by proxy and email in their votes, and 62 of the 118 votes cast were online. Students who attended the GA but had to leave early were also able to record their vote in a book before leaving. At least two-thirds of the three-hour-long GA was spent discussing online voting, and a motion was passed to ratify the way in which online voting would occur in future strike-vote GAs. Although coupled with online votes the motion to renew the strike failed, a clear majority of those voting from the floor of the GA voted in favour of renewal, with 13 opposing the motion, 23 in favour, and one abstention. 17 students recorded their vote in the book, with nine voting against renewing the strike, seven in favour, and one abstention. — Lola Duffort

Monday 7:05 p.m. | AHCSSA inches above quorum and renews strike

The Art History and Communications Studies' Students' Association (AHCSSA)held a General Assembly (GA) tonight and voted to renew its unlimited general strike . Exceeding the sixty student-minimum quorum by only two people, 28 students voted against continuing the strike, with 33 voting in favour.

AHCSSA Co-President and former Daily Health and Education Editor Joseph Henry noted the consistent drop in attendance from their initial strike vote last week, which he said over 100 students attended, as well as at strike votes in general across campus.

"Next Tuesday, it's going to be a very big challenge to get quorum," said Henry, referring to the AHCSSA's next strike renewal vote.

Reaching quorum, he said, "is contingent on the actions of the strike committee" in terms of informing students and increasing visibility of the strike on campus.

The GA made one amendment to the motion, specifying the hard picket tactics may be employed against professors but not students. Henry said he thought the tactic could be "a really useful and good idea."

"It seems less antagonistic to students…while having a more effective strike action," he continued.

The AHCSSA had been adopting soft picketing for most of the past week, and Henry said the executive had yet to receive any "huge complaints."

"From what the strike committee has told me [last week's strike] was very effective," he said. "But in terms of the overall goal of the strike, which is to stop classes from happening, I don't think that's been happening."

— Henry Gass

Monday 9 a.m. | Anthropology students vote against strike

After their General Assembly failed to meet quorum last Friday, members of the Anthropology Students' Association (ASA) voted online against beginning a five-day renewable strike.

The final result of the vote was 53 for a strike, with 75 against and four abstentions. The ASA GA voted to move the strike vote online for a 24-hour period this weekend.

Sheehan Moore, the ASA VP Internal and former Daily Design and Production Editor, said he thought the online vote "was a good compromise considering we didn't get quorum."

"I wish all those [who'd voted] had been able to come out in person," he continued. "I think with online votes you always run the risk of bringing things down to a yes or no."

Moore added that he was impressed by the ASA membership "for their participation [and] for their civility" throughout the process.

— Henry Gass Sunday 8 p.m. | Geography students vote to end strike After over a week on unlimited general strike, members of the McGill Undergraduate Geography Society (MUGS) voted via online ballot to end the strike.