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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 331922" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Learned this morning that things are leaning further in favor of a strike.</p><p></p><p>Monday will be classes as usual. Tuesday, about 300,000 students including S/O, will walk out of classes across the province in protest of the following day Strike Vote. They will present both the union and the administrators with petitions regarding the lack of negotiations and the fact that students become hostages in a contract negotiation process, at a major expense to them. </p><p></p><p>It's going to be a long week next week as we wait to see if the strike vote is a majority (unlikely that for the first time ever, the members won't support the union call to vote yes to a strike).</p><p></p><p>There is alot of worry and tension at the campus. </p><p></p><p>S/O is in a unique program that has over 50% of its students coming at a incredible expense, from other countries in order to take this program. India, Pakistan, Japan, China, Britain. These students pay tens of thousands in tuition since they are international students. Plus the expense of living abroad. They require visas that cost ALOT to obtain. They would be forced back home for a year if a strike jeopardizes the school year. Then would need to reapply and finance AGAIN the move, the tuition, etc. Even if the school year is just extended to compensate for lost time, their visas expire 2 days after the current school year completion, so might not be able to stay on long enough for a extended year.</p><p></p><p>So many people, so many personal issues affected. I'm just livid. Angry. </p><p></p><p>I'm moving further from my support of the faculty. i don't favor a strike at all. But I did feel some support for faculty. until I learned that they were given a contract for a 8% salary increase over 4 years, but they want a 7.5% increase over 3 years, so they won't budge to the offer. What??? Half a million students lives in the balance, and they are bickering over THAT????????????? And this is supposedly "in the name of the students" ... "to protect students quality of education". PFFT!!!!</p><p></p><p>Yes, there are other issues that DO pertain to quality of education. But that point there? Is the bigger of the stated union concerns. And to me? I can't support a strike over that type of bickering. All the unemployed who are forced back into education at a incredible expense and sacrifice would gladly not strike over a difference of that little. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 331922, member: 4264"] Learned this morning that things are leaning further in favor of a strike. Monday will be classes as usual. Tuesday, about 300,000 students including S/O, will walk out of classes across the province in protest of the following day Strike Vote. They will present both the union and the administrators with petitions regarding the lack of negotiations and the fact that students become hostages in a contract negotiation process, at a major expense to them. It's going to be a long week next week as we wait to see if the strike vote is a majority (unlikely that for the first time ever, the members won't support the union call to vote yes to a strike). There is alot of worry and tension at the campus. S/O is in a unique program that has over 50% of its students coming at a incredible expense, from other countries in order to take this program. India, Pakistan, Japan, China, Britain. These students pay tens of thousands in tuition since they are international students. Plus the expense of living abroad. They require visas that cost ALOT to obtain. They would be forced back home for a year if a strike jeopardizes the school year. Then would need to reapply and finance AGAIN the move, the tuition, etc. Even if the school year is just extended to compensate for lost time, their visas expire 2 days after the current school year completion, so might not be able to stay on long enough for a extended year. So many people, so many personal issues affected. I'm just livid. Angry. I'm moving further from my support of the faculty. i don't favor a strike at all. But I did feel some support for faculty. until I learned that they were given a contract for a 8% salary increase over 4 years, but they want a 7.5% increase over 3 years, so they won't budge to the offer. What??? Half a million students lives in the balance, and they are bickering over THAT????????????? And this is supposedly "in the name of the students" ... "to protect students quality of education". PFFT!!!! Yes, there are other issues that DO pertain to quality of education. But that point there? Is the bigger of the stated union concerns. And to me? I can't support a strike over that type of bickering. All the unemployed who are forced back into education at a incredible expense and sacrifice would gladly not strike over a difference of that little. :( [/QUOTE]
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