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9 | Thursday November 9, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insidehalton.com Strike moves into its fourth week continued from p.3 Approximately 23,000 full-time and 18,500 continuing and part-time students in Oakville, Brampton and Mississauga have been unable to attend classes during the four-week strike. The colleges have also asked the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union (OPSEU) to suspend the strike and let students return to class while the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) organizes a vote. It remained unclear whether the union would agree to that request at press time (Nov 7). A statement from OPSEU's negotiator Monday urged college administrators to return to the bargaining table. "Rather than continue to bargain, the colleges have called a vote that, in itself, could easily keep faculty and students out of their classrooms for another two weeks," said JP ffornick, chair of union bargaining team. "Negotiation is the only way to go at this juncture," OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas added, in a media release. The colleges only have one opportunity to force a faculty vote. In the meantime, Sheridan College is advising its students the fall term may need to carry over to January 2018 and to refrain from making travel plans the week of Dec. 18 to 22. Depending on the length of the strike, Sheridan College says it may be possible that part of the fall term may need to carry over to January 2018, according to a media release. Hearing well means not showing your age (or your hearing aids). T o d a y 's h e a r in g a id s a r e p o w e r fu l, d is c r e e t a n d n e a rly in v isib le . N o o n e will e v e n Victoria McGlynn on the picket line Sheridan College may need to use the week of Dec. 18 to 22 to make up for lost days of instruction. However, the college has committed that no classes will run during the period of Dec. 23 to Jan. 1 inclusive. With that in mind, Sheridan College has asked students to refrain from booking travel during this period if they had not done so before Oct. 30 when the announcement was made. For related story, see p.11 n o t ic e y o u 're w e a r in g t h e m . It starts at Connect Hearing. 1.888.242.4892 · connecthearing.ca # 1 PH YSICIAN I REFERRED Connect H earin giA YOUR HEARING PROFESSIONALS 5NALS VACI WCBI W S IB I W orkS afeB C I A D P & O D S P a c c e p te d . Registered under the College ofSpeech and Hearing Health Professionals o f BC. *Free hearing testsare onlya pp licab le fo rcu stom ers ove r 50 years ofage. No purchase required. Some conditions may apply. fBased on national physician referrals over the tenure o fth e corporation's Canadian business operations compared to thedisclosed referral c ou ntoflea ding competitors. Give the J f t o f g o u rm e t SH O P PUSATERIS.COM FOR TH E G IFT BOX C O LLEC TIO N O A K V ILLE PLACE PUSATERTS F IN E F O O D S I N C E 1 9 6 3