Ontario's possible college strike scares Second Career program's mature students - Ciara Byrne, Canadian Press

After a hard year of unemployment and job uncertainty some people flocked to colleges that offered the promise of a new career path, but worry over the possibility of a strike across college campuses in Ontario has some mature students comparing the situation to another layoff. Students in 24 community colleges provincewide are worried about a possible strike after talks between Colleges Ontario and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents 9,000 teachers, counsellors and librarians, broke down on Tuesday. The union has set a strike vote for Jan. 13.