Canada's Ontario colleges strike ends due to back-to-work bill
20/11/2017 12:59
Thousands of Canadian college students are expected to return to class soon after the Ontario government passed a back-to-work bill Sunday to end a five-week strike by Ontario college faculties. According to local television network CTV, since Oct. 16, Ontario's 12,000 college professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians have been on a five-week strike over reducing the number of partial-load instructors and academic freedom, leaving 500,000 full-time and part-time students out of class. On Sunday, the 24 colleges involved in the strike welcomed the back-to-work legislation, saying all efforts at the bargaining table had been exhausted. The government introduced the six-page page bill Friday after the college faculty overwhelmingly rejected the College Employer Council's last offer. The colleges said they needed two days to restart classes, meaning students will be back on Tuesday. Colleges are extending their semesters so students don't lose their terms.
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