Part-time support workers at Ontario's 24 colleges are set to hold a strike vote next week, potentially joining thousands of full-time workers as they enter their fourth week of walking picket lines.

Around 10,000 part-time workers are represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). On its website, the union said they have been "working under an expired collective agreement" for almost two years.

On Sept. 1, the bargaining team inf ormed the College Employer Council (CEC) of their intention to seek a strike vote to "put pressure on the colleges to come to the table, and bargain in good faith."

Part-time support workers are set to vote between Oct. 14 and 17.

Dave Strutton is a part-time steward at Conestoga College. Part of his role is making sure its 500 part-t

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