Ont. community colleges take strike vote in January

TORONTO - Negotiations with the province's 9,000 community college teachers has broken off and no new talks are expected.

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says that leaves it no choice but to plan for a Jan. 13 strike vote.

OPSEU president Warren 'Smokey' Thomas says for the second time in two weeks their bargaining team came forward with significant changes to their position.

The union represents faculty at 24 community colleges.

Thomas says in a release they had tabled modifications to their bargaining position but college negotiators insisted the union withdraw 69 demands.