Ontario students may have some extra free time

Approximately 200, 000 full time Ontario college students could be out of luck when it comes time to return to school next year. Talks have recently broken down between Ontario Colleges and the Ontario Public Service Employees, a union representing over 9000 teachers, librarians and counsellors. The unions are requesting a salary increase of 13 % over the next three years yet the Ontario College spokesman Rob Savage says this is an unmanageble request and the best they can do is an 8% increase over the next three years. The strike could start as soon as the end of the year and end who knows when?

I for one am completely sick of strikes in Ontario, if its not the drivers strike that is wreaking havoct on drivers and more importantly truckers across Ontario its now the potential holdout over an unmanageble request in wage increases. Are we really going to throw the education of our youth in Ontario into jeopordy over a strike that could last an months if not longer? People need to get their act together in Ontario and realize that in these tough economic times, making unreasonable demands for money, threatening the education of students is just plain selfish. I respect that they have a job to and should be paid for their valuable work, but sometimes i can't help but wonder if unions do more evil then good? Their record isn't looking to good as of late.