Ontario college students could soon see their winter semester cut short as the union representing faculty at the province’s 24 public colleges could walk off the job as early as Thursday next week.
On Friday, college faculty represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union gave their five-day notice of job action.
“If we cannot reach an agreement in mediation, it is unlikely that a deal that protects faculty futures can be reached without the urgency of labour action,” the union said in a statement on Friday. According to Graham Lloyd, the CEO of the CEC, the union is making demands that are unreasonable given the financial challenges colleges now face.
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