The union representing about 10,000 part-time support workers at Ontario’s public colleges will hold a strike vote next week amid an ongoing strike by full-time support staff.

Noor Askandar, chair of the college part-time support bargaining team at the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, says part-time workers at the 24 colleges have been working under an expired collective agreement since January 2024.

Askandar says the part-time workers’ demands include paid sick days, cancelled shift pay for all workers and wage increases.

She accused the College Employer Council of dragging out negotiations and refusing to meet with the union.

The council says it has offered wage increases of two per cent per year, six per cent vacation pay and two paid sick days per year for permanent regular

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