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Originally posted by milos from your posts i'd have no idea you were not from around here casue your English is so.... Canadianized

Students may face weekend classes
Part of plan to make up lost time: Union
Two sides in college strike still not talking

Mar. 11, 2006. 01:00 AM
DANIEL GIRARD
EDUCATION REPORTER

Ontario college students, now losing classes because of a teachers' strike, may be forced to go to school on Saturdays and Sundays to make up for lost time if the dispute drags on.

Insisting all will be done to ensure more than 150,000 students complete their semester before summer, Ontario Public Service Employees Union bargaining chair Ted Montgomery said the term may be extended by a week, the exam period shortened and both days of the weekend used for classes.

"I know that's not comfortable for students and neither is it for faculty," Montgomery told reporters at a news conference. "But I'm not suggesting, and I don't understand the colleges to be suggesting, that there are plans to extend into summer.

"There would be a short extension certainly and that has an impact that we would rather not see. But that's what we've been forced into."

About 9,100 teachers, counsellors and librarians walked off the job at Ontario's 24 colleges on Tuesday in a dispute over class sizes and workload. They've been without a contract since last August. No new talks are scheduled.

Montgomery announced yesterday that OPSEU is filing a bad-faith bargaining claim against the colleges, which are represented in talks by the College Compensation and Appointment Council. The union is accusing them of "provoking the strike" by reintroducing in their final offer last Monday workload provisions previously rejected by the union membership.

He also called on the provincial government "to become more involved" by urging the colleges to come up with a new offer that could kick-start talks.

Colleges and Universities Minister Chris Bentley said the province has no plans to intervene by legislating teachers back to work. He reiterated his call for the two sides to resume talks.

Bentley, who had to cancel a long-planned family holiday to Egypt because of the strike, said he wouldn't stand in the way of weekend classes after the strike so students can catch up.

Rick Miner of Seneca College, chair of the colleges' committee of presidents, called the union's bad-faith bargaining allegations "part of the game" in a contract dispute.

The colleges are drawing up contingency plans for making up classes after a lengthy strike, Miner said. They will make some public statements in the next week or so, he said.

There might be "some cases" of weekend classes if the strike drags on, Miner said. But with an estimated half of college students working part-time or full-time, often on weekends, it's "just not practical" to require all of them to come to class on Saturdays and Sundays, he added.

Tyler Charlebois of the College Student Alliance said weekend classes would be "a real problem" for many of those attending college.

"It's just another example of how students, who are missing their education through no fault of their own, are being used as pawns in this dispute," he said. "Instead of worrying about how classes will be made up, the two sides should be focusing on ending this strike."

With files from Robert Benzie

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that's fucking great.

so when will I be able to work at my job?

Joy.

There is no way they can enforce classes on the weekends....people work on weekends so they can pay for school. I don't see that actually happening.

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Originally posted by milos so one of you is from Belgium, and the other from Taiwan. What makes you want to study here? Where were you born? from your posts i'd have no idea you were not from around here casue your English is so.... Canadianized

I'm Canadian by birth, I've always moved around alot because of my dads job

This was released today

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LETTERS TO STUDENTS In order to help you better understand the issues that are faced by the colleges and the faculty, we have asked both sides to write a letter briefly explaining their positions. We would encourage you to read both letters. If you have more questions or concerns we would encourage you to visit the College Compensation and Appointments Council (the council) and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)'s Web sites. Direct links to both sites can be found by clicking the Get Involved & For More Info link on this website.

Here is the link to the letter:

http://www.collegestrike.com/Colleg...on_Strategy.pdf

im so borred at first this strike was sick. had 1 week reading week came back for one class then the strike but i can feel myself gettin dumber by the day. lol. all i do at home is work out, listen to music and watch movies. iv already seen every lord of the rings! lol. this needs to end.

This strike has been great! Able to come into work all day has been sweet on the old wallet.

i make a hell of a lot more cash in the summer which is probably gonna start in june or somethin

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Originally posted by TO guy This strike has been great! Able to come into work all day has been sweet on the old wallet.

Yeah I can't work here so......

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Originally posted by KaiLee Yeah I can't work here so......

that sucks? how long u been in canada for? can't you apply for temp work with ur student visa?

I enjoy the extra time at my full time job but I'd rather just get my semester over with. There were only two weeks left for me.

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Originally posted by orangejuice that sucks? how long u been in canada for? can't you apply for temp work with ur student visa?

Well I am a Canadian citizen, it's just there are alot of complications in terms of me working. I live in rexdale for one and it's highly advised we don't walk around alone at night, which I would have to do if I work and what not. I can't work on campus because you have to live in Ontario for a year.

Plus I make 25 dollars an hour at my job back home doing something I really enjoy, why would I want to work for 9 dollars an hour here?

Uhghg, My we please end this strike right now?

No?

How 'bout now?

Still no?

Fuck this. ..

This is stupid and childish....
Both sides sitting there blaming each other while we students sit here dying of boredom

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Originally posted by KaiLee while we students sit here dying of boredom

pretty much the same as if I was in class though.

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Originally posted by KaiLee Well I am a Canadian citizen, it's just there are alot of complications in terms of me working. I live in rexdale for one and it's highly advised we don't walk around alone at night, which I would have to do if I work and what not. I can't work on campus because you have to live in Ontario for a year. Plus I make 25 dollars an hour at my job back home doing something I really enjoy, why would I want to work for 9 dollars an hour here?

my ex lives in rexdale. thats not the best place to be at nite. why would it have to be a night job though?

lol well you gotta start somewhere rite. bite ur tongue and hit the 9 bucks now, finish ur shit in skool and ur back up there again. when u come to north america for the first time u always gotta start at the bottom . sad but true, my dad was an engineer and my mom was a uni prof in india, when they came here education ment shit and now my moms a librarian and my dad was a factory worker

plus ya need cash to party rite

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Originally posted by orangejuice my ex lives in rexdale. thats not the best place to be at nite. why would it have to be a night job though? lol well you gotta start somewhere rite. bite ur tongue and hit the 9 bucks now, finish ur shit in skool and ur back up there again. when u come to north america for the first time u always gotta start at the bottom . sad but true, my dad was an engineer and my mom was a uni prof in india, when they came here education ment shit and now my moms a librarian and my dad was a factory worker

I normally don't finish class until after dark so yeah....
Um I grew up in the US and I know what it's like to work a 5 dollar an hour job. I'd rather go home over the summer and work my ass off and save up for the school year so I can focus more on studies. How is that not fucking me over when I lose 2 weeks of working because these two sides decide to act childish?

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Originally posted by TO guy pretty much the same as if I was in class though.

well at least you're in school....which is what you're paying for

I don't pay to sit in my dorm room

Well if you're bored in class doing what you're doing, maybe you picked the wrong program to be in.


I do not pay to sit here, in my room, and do nothing. I don't par 3000$ a year to take walks, and go eat, and go and try to find something to do. . . . .


Stupidity @ it's finest

my sister was at york not too long ago when they went on strike and they went for like 3-4 weeks and had to do it all in the summer. but it doesnt make sense cause most ppl need the 4 mths to save up cash n shit so they can go back in september. i cant get a full-time job now cause what if the strike ends tomorrow.. need to go out and party, maybe hit london catch some cheap ones

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Frenchina
Well if you're bored in class doing what you're doing, maybe you picked the wrong program to be in.


not true. most of the shit in school you'll never use again in ur life. its just the paper at the end you need. wow all i do is sit on ta now and listen to music. lol

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Originally posted by orangejuice [QUOTE]Originally posted by Frenchie Well if you're bored in class doing what you're doing, maybe you picked the wrong program to be in. not true. most of the shit in school you'll never use again in ur life. its just the paper at the end you need. wow all i do is sit on ta now and listen to music. lol

Well why are you in a program that you wont need the info after? The point is to go there and gain the knowledge to put to work after you get your sole called piece of paper. That seems a little pointless to be there, not for knowledge, but just to be there for a piece of paper. Yes I udnerstand depending on the program, but you shouldnt be taking something that wont apply to you later on.

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