It's not over.

The strike at York University will continue after 63 per cent of the Canadian Union of Public Employees 3903 members rejected the school's latest offer in a forced vote that ended last night.

It is now either up to Queen's Park to take the unusual step of ordering strikers back or both sides to reach a bargaining breakthrough that has eluded them for months.

"All we can ask is that the government step in. There is no other option now for students," said kinesiology major Catherine Divaris, co-founder of a student anti-strike Facebook group.

"This strike has already gone on 76 days and I'm afraid this strike could go till the end of the year," Divaris said last night.

Sixty-nine per cent of union members turned out for the two-day vote, which was requested by the university and conducted by the Ontario Ministry of Labour.

"This is a clear indication across all three units that the offer from the university was inadequate," said CUPE spokesperson Tyler Shipley. "We expect the university to meet us back at the bargaining table at 1 p.m. Wednesday, so we can bargain a settlement that is fair for our members and secondary education."

Progressive Conservative Party Leader John Tory last night demanded the Liberals immediately step in and end the strike.

"If Mr. McGuinty had one minute of consideration for the students and their families he would be convening the legislature immediately and making sure that classes were back on stream on Monday, not later."

The offer was rejected by 61 per cent of teaching assistants, as well as 59.3 per cent of contract faculty and 70 per cent of graduate assistants.

York president Mamdouh Shoukri said last night the union vote almost certainly means the academic year will stretch into June or July.

Tension broke out when union members tried to force themselves into his press conference following the vote. Police were called in, but no charges were laid.

Shoukri called the vote "a major disappointment that only prolongs the uncertainty for our students and their families." He said the university will not return to the bargaining table today, despite the union's invitation to do so.

"I believe we are at an impass," said Shoukri in his first public statement since the strike began Nov. 6, "and the full summer term is in jeopardy now and fall and winter terms likely will extend into June and even July.

"I realize this will have a negative impact on the ability of our students to earn summer income."

Shoukri insisted the university's offer of a 9.25 per cent wage increase over three years and improved benefits and job security is "our best offer."

He called upon union members to "step back from the brink and settle matters responsibly," by making significant changes to their demands.

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The 3,340 teaching assistants, contract faculty and graduate assistants walked off the job over wages, benefits, job security and the quest for a two-year contract that would coincide with locals at other Ontario universities and bolster the union's bargaining clout province-wide.

The university's latest offer would also have enriched benefits and created a new category of teachers who would have a five-year contract, rather than having to apply for their jobs each year.

However, the union said there remained too little job security and too few full-time job opportunities for the 900 members who are part-time or "contract faculty."