NEW: Talks continue ahead of strike deadline for education workers at Carleton University ottnews
Contract talks continued Sunday evening to avert a potential strike by 3,000 graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants and contract instructors.
CUPE Local 4600 president Noreen Cauley-Le Fevre told CTV News Ottawa on Sunday the "major things that are on the table" still are wages for contract instructor and graduate assistants. "On campus, graduate students make up about seven per cent of the student population and we make up 80 per cent of the food bank usage. So teaching assistants, both units, have been hit by the rising cost of inflation.Carleton University has said the campus will remain open for students, faculty, staff and members of the public in the event of a strike, but some classes, labs and tutorials may be cancelled.
"I'm a little concerned in terms of class work, but I completely understand the position that the contract professors and TA's are coming from," student Shaye Yawlak said.
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