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As part of a province-wide strike action, mem- bers of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union picketed in front of Sheridan College in Oakville, after contract talks broke off last week between OPSEU and the College Employer Union (CEU). Still, despite the strike by the support staff at Ontarios 24 colleges, school went on as usual. We moderated our picket lines to sometimes allow more people to get in and when it died down, we held the line for about three minutes, said Jay Jackson, president of Local 245 (Sheridan College), on Tuesday afternoon. We had a few occurrences where people tried to drive over curbs and lawns, but we had the police involved in that. Its been pretty good so far today. Theres been a lot of support and everybodys upbeat. The support workers, including 444 Sheridan College employees, went on strike on Thursday and members began picketing on the first day of the strike. We had two days of practice, basically, on Thursday and Friday, so our picketers knew the drill, Jackson said of the strike. The only thing that changed was the volume of people. At the main campus, certainly things have been slowed down. Jackson did not enter the school during the strike, but said it is likely services have been slowed down for students. While the employer may try to do it with super- visory personnel, they dont have enough and often the supervisors really dont know what the support staff are doing, he said. So I suspect there will be frustrations. I hear in some areas theyre going to reduced hours or clos- ing certain operations because they just cant deal with it. However, Sheridans director of human resourc- es, Cathi Berge, said no new services have been suspended. She had previously said three daycare centres at f the college's campuses would close as a result o the strike. Temporarily closed for the duration of the labour disruption are the Trafalgar Campus Child Care Centre, Montessori Preschool Centre and the Mississauga Civic Centre Child Care Centre. Otherwise, Berge said the school is functioning as expected. The lineups are not out of the ordinary, she said. Students are being provided with services from Student Services and the Office of the Registrar Services. This is a time of year when, understand- ably, activity is higher anyway. There are normally some delays. There is no doubt there are some delays; however, all services are operational. With no reports of contract talks resuming, Jackson remains optimistic. I havent heard of anything officially about the parties getting together, he said. My thought is it may not be in the media, but Ive done a lot of collective bargaining over the years often parties are talking privately on when next we could get together. Oakville Transit is also re-routing its services in order to maintain its schedule. As a result of the strike, buses are no longer going directly onto the campus, instead they are making stops on Trafalgar Road and White Oaks Boulevard. The detour will last until the strike is resolved. For more information on the detour and a map of the two stops, visit www.oakvilletransit.com. Strike adds up to delays at Sheridan ON STRIKE: Sheridan College support staff workers were on the picket line as classes resumed Tuesday. Here, Mark Galaszkiewicz speaks with a motorist. ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVER This is a time of year when, understandably, activity is higher anyway. There are normally some delays. There is no doubt there are some delays; however, all services are opera- tional. Cathi Berge, director of human resources, Sheridan College