Support staff at Ontario’s publicly funded colleges are on strike after they failed to reach a new contract agreement before the deadline of midnight.

The 10,000 full-time college support staff, represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, are seeking better wages, benefits, and job security, and were in a legal strike position as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday.

The union, which also represents faculty at Ontario colleges, states that nearly 10,000 college faculty and staff have either been laid off or are projected to lose their jobs amid hundreds of program cancellations and suspensions since last year.

In an online update, officials with Fanshawe College said: “Classes and academic programming will continue as scheduled and all Fanshawe campuses will remain open. Student suppor

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