College support workers vote on whether to strike
Posted Jul 14, 2011 04:58:25 AM.
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Thousands of support workers at Ontario’s colleges will cast their vote today on whether to strike just days before classes are slated to begin.
The agreement between OP-SEU and the province’s 24 community colleges expires at the end of August. That’s about a week before 200-thousand students return to school.
OP-SEU negotiators are seeking a strike mandate, which gives the union the option of calling a strike without going to members for another vote.
Support workers include everyone from computer support staff to janitors to lab technicians.
Results are expected tomorrow.
