Georgian College Owen Sound Campus (Photo by Nathan Shubert)

Thousands of support staff at Ontario’s 24 publicly funded colleges are now on strike.

Georgian College issued a statement just after 1 a.m. this morning confirming about 465 of its support staff are part of the job action. Georgian operates seven campuses, including one in Owen Sound.

Classes for students are proceeding as scheduled, and all Georgian College campuses remain open.

“Faculty, librarians and counsellors are members of a different bargaining unit and are not on strike,” Georgian College says in a release.

The contract for full-time colleges support staff — who are represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union — expired on August 31.

The College Employer Council says it sent an “enhanced” offer to th

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