Sault professor sides with students during college strike
{{date|March 8, 2006}}

Jerry Zuchlinski, a natural resources professor at {{w|Sault College}}, is taking the side of the administration during the 2006 [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] college teachers' strike.

The {{w|Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie}}, Ontario professor disagrees with OPSEU's suggestions that staff is overworked and underpaid, while joining his colleagues on the picket lines. He told newspaper ''Soo Today'', "I don't feel that the faculty concern with being overworked is valid. I do the same job that they do."
While the rest of the faculty carried signs stating, "Faculty care about quality education," Professor Zuchlinski's read, "FACULTY LAZY GREEDY + STUPID."

The position is especially bold, as 92.2% of Sault's faculty support the strike, the fourth highest percentage overall. {{w|St Clair College|St Clair}} voted overwhelmingly in favour, with 96.6%, while {{w|Loyalist College|Loyalist}} was least supportive of the action, with 64.0%.

The {{w|Ontario Public Service Employees Union}} denied the final deal offered by the College Compensation and Appointments Council on Monday night. Faculty have been without contracts since 31 August 2005.

Zuchlinski said the faculty were offered a deal that would pay many as much as $95,000 per year, which, according to Sault College Campus News represents a 12.6% increase over four years.

The strike comes just a month before the end of the school year, which means courses may be extended into the spring and summer, making it difficult for students to find jobs to pay tuition.

==Source==
* {{source|url=http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=16178|title=In Sault college strike, this professor sides with students|author=Carol Martin|pub=Soo Today|date=March 7, 2006}}
* {{source|url=http://www.opseu.org/caat/caat_ac/2005bargaining/newslette15caata.pdf|title=OPSEU Negotiation News|author=Ted Montgomery|pub=OPSEU Negotiation News|date=February 14, 2006}} (PDF format)

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[[Category:Economy and business]]
[[Category:Human rights]]
Jerry Zuchlinski, a natural resources professor at , is taking the side of the administration during the 2006 Ontario, Canada college teachers' strike.

The Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario professor disagrees with OPSEU's suggestions that staff is overworked and underpaid, while joining his colleagues on the picket lines. He told newspaper Soo Today, "I don't feel that the faculty concern with being overworked is valid. I do the same job that they do."
While the rest of the faculty carried signs stating, "Faculty care about quality education," Professor Zuchlinski's read, "FACULTY LAZY GREEDY + STUPID."

The position is especially bold, as 92.2% of Sault's faculty support the strike, the fourth highest percentage overall. St Clair voted overwhelmingly in favour, with 96.6%, while Loyalist was least supportive of the action, with 64.0%.

The  denied the final deal offered by the College Compensation and Appointments Council on Monday night. Faculty have been without contracts since 31 August 2005.

Zuchlinski said the faculty were offered a deal that would pay many as much as $95,000 per year, which, according to Sault College Campus News represents a 12.6% increase over four years.

The strike comes just a month before the end of the school year, which means courses may be extended into the spring and summer, making it difficult for students to find jobs to pay tuition.
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