Union representing staff at all 24 of the province's colleges have set a strike deadline.
Niagara College staff may soon be on the picket line.
OPSEU 242, the union representing about 16,000 professors, counsellors, instructors and librarians at Ontario's 24 colleges have issued a letter to members which sets out a strike deadline.
The letter calls for the College Employer Council and College Presidents to either complete negotiations on faculty's priority issues or refer outstanding issues to binding interest arbitration.
The union says if neither of these things happen, faculty will stop work and start picketing on Friday, March 18th.
The letter notes "since July, we have faced an Employer that has simply refused to negotiate. Despite our two provincial votes that rejected their offer and a work-to-rule campaign, the CEC and Presidents continue to say that they will not negotiate. And worse, the chances are very good that they will escalate negative actions against faculty."
Since December 18th, college staff have been on a work-to-rule campaign.
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