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NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS call (905) 845-9742 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com The article, h b ldCommunity c ips in to ui a room for Spencer, Oakville Beaver, Aug. 24, incorrectly indicated the $75,000 home renovation was being undertaken at no cost to the family. The family is paying a significant portion of the renovation. The project still needs $19,000 in fund- ing not $10,000 as mentioned in the story. The family would also like to thank Sable Landscaping, Supertech Plumbing, Richards Custom Framing, Columbus Aluminum & Roofing Ltd., West Oak Masonary, Speers fFlooring, Ferrel Brick & Steel and Wals o Hope for their donations. l fC ari ication services will continue at the college during the strike. We have identified essential services for students and all of those essential services will continue for students, including the financial aid office, said Berge. She said the only services affected dur- ing the strike are the closure of three day- care centres. Temporarily closed as of yes- terday for the duration of the labour disrup- tion are the Trafalgar Campus Child Care Centre, Montessori Preschool Centre and the Mississauga Civic Centre Child Care Centre. Thats all the closures that we expect will occur during the course of the strike, said Berge. Berge said some of the service line ups maybe a little bit longer, but that is to be expected at this time of the year when school returns. The office of the registrar lines and some of those student services lines are a little bit longer than normal and we would expect that volume will be the same this year, said Berge. Students may be in line for a short period longer, but weve actually moved to doing a lot of online booking of appointment times to cut those wait times. Though Berge said services wont be adversely affected, a media release was pub- lished on Sheridans website Thursday advis- ing students there would be some reduction in the level of administrative and IT services available at the college. Mary Cator is one of 444 support staff at Sheridans three campuses, and has been with the school for 22 years. This is the first time she has been involved in a strike, she said. The last time staff walked out was in 1979. So far its been very positive, we just feel very strongly about getting a good agree- ment in place and were just all here to support each other and all our brothers and sisters across the colleges, the support staff, said Cator. Were also here because we care about the students and we want to make sure there are good jobs for the stu- dents in the future. Cator said the staff is prepared for a long strike, for however long we have to be out here. She's disappointed that an agreement couldnt be reached before Sept. 1. Our team had gone to the table with full intentions of bargaining in June and the man- agement didnt really start to do any serious negotiating until basically last week, said Cator. Were disappointed in the fact that they didnt take us more seriously and put forth an offer that was more agreeable and that they didnt really come to the table with a serious offer. OPSEU represents the support staff in 24 colleges across Ontario that fill many non- teaching jobs, from the library and financial aid staff, to information technology (IT) sup- port workers, janitors and lab technicians. The strike will have a fairly large impact on student services, Cator said, because there will be longer line-ups for financial aid, regis- tration and IT, among other services. Its definitely going to cause delays and its unfortunate. We just hope they will be patient and understand that one of the reasons we are out here is for job security and we are think- ing of the students and we do care about the students, said Cator. Sixty per cent of the employees in the col- leges are college graduates. We want to make sure there are full-time jobs for those future students as well, not just for us, but for the future students that are coming up, trying to get jobs. Cator has not encountered any students on the picket lines yet, but said that its still early and there wont be a lot of student presence until next Tuesday (Sept. 6), when classes start. She remains hopeful that the strike wont last too long. I know that the bargaining team is very willing and able to negotiate. Theyre waiting for management to come back and get serious about negotiating and getting an offer so we can get this resolved. Colleges offered the support staff a 4.8 per cent salary increase over 3 years. Other items the colleges included in their proposal were compressed work weeks, special allowances, and special work weeks. However, OPSEU remains concerned that these items and oth- ers do not represent a fair settlement to end negotiations, according to a statement from yesterdays College Student Alliance (CSA) press release. We would like to see an agreement get put into place and we hope that management will come back to the table with an offer that is fair and with full-time jobs and that we have job security. That is our first and foremost issue, job security, said Cator. Sheridans release also reiterates its expectation for students to attend their f scheduled classes, and non-striking staf will report to work, although this may require crossing a picket line. For more information, visit www.sheridanc.on.ca. College students should expect longer line-ups Continued from page 1 ON THE PICKET LINE: Striking support staff workers Josie Kelly, Angela Daku, and Judy Garcia wave to motorists. ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVER