St. Lawrence College students join staff picket lines

St. Lawrence College students join staff picket lines

KINGSTON — A week after staff at St. Lawrence College went on strike, about two dozen students at the the college’s three campuses joined them in a student walkout Thursday afternoon.

College staff strike affecting several local workers

Christian Gammon-Roy Tribune As of Thursday, September 11, full-time support workers from colleges across Ontario went on strike, including 12 people from Sturgeon Falls’ Collège Boréal campus. Now rotating on the picket line outside the campus on Main Street, they join the roughly 10,000 other striking workers, according to interim president of OPSEU Local 672, Louise Demers, formerly of Sturgeon Falls. Demers was in town to support the local p…

Fleming College students face disruptions as strike continues - Lindsay Advocate

Full-time college support staff went on strike across the province on Sept. 11, and students at Fleming College’s Frost campus are feeling the effects with lectures now online, and only some labs remaining in person. Aiden Lohnes, a first-year conservation biology student, is frustrated at the situation. “I paid for hands-on learning. I paid for face-to-face discussions with my professors. I paid for field skills that are crucial in my career. I…