No new dates have been scheduled for talks, which remain at a standstill, four weeks into a strike by more than 10,000 support staff at Ontario’s public colleges.

Thursday marked the fourth week since workers represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union walked off the job without a deal from the College Employer Council.

Since then, talks have stuttered between the two sides, who appear diametrically opposed on a number of issues they both consider non-negotiable.

“There are no new bargaining dates set at this time,” the CEC, which bargains on behalf of Ontario’s 24 publicly-assisted colleges, told Global News.

The last day of mediation was Sept. 29, with no talks since then and apparently no plans to restart them.

“We have been out on the line for just shy of a month. Th

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