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Ontario college union asked to put in extra hours to help avert strike

Classes could get cancelled if Fanshawe College's academic staff go on strike on Monday.
Classes could get cancelled if Fanshawe College's academic staff go on strike on Monday. 980 CFPL

The bargaining team for Ontario’s 24 public colleges is calling on OPSEU, the union representing professors and instructors, to work through the weekend to try to avert a strike on Monday.

The College Employer Council on Friday rejected the latest contract proposal from OPSEU — which included a nine per cent wage increase over three years.

Its bargaining team says that would cost an additional $400 million a year and the only path forward to a contract settlement will be based on the colleges’ final offer.

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OPSEU rejected that offer earlier this week when it set a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. Monday for the more than 12,000 college professors, instructors, counsellors and librarians it represents.

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*With a file from The Canadian Press

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