All Ontario colleges on strike-no classroom instruction for 500,000 students

College instructors across Ontario’s 24 campuses, including Cambrian College in Sudbury, are walking picket lines meaning no classes for half a million students.  The union claims there should have been a deal based on is final offer to management over the weekend.  Management says the union proposals would have added $250-million to annual costs.   Management offered employees a nearly eight percent wage increase over four years.  Management rejected several union proposals during weekend talks including giving faculty more say in academic decision-making.  No new talks are scheduled.  Although there won’t be any classroom instructions, campus facilities are expected to remain open but everyone should allow for more time when going through picket lines.