With only three weeks to go in the winter session, part-time faculty at Concordia University, in Quebec, Canada, are threatening to cancel classes and walk off the job.

Without a contract or wage increase for six years, union president Maria Peluso said, the 900 members of the Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association have had it with “being treated like a side order of french fries.” Beginning Monday, lecturers - who teach 40 per cent of Concordia’s classes - will launch rotating strikes. Disruptions are expected to escalate as the semester draws to a close and students head into the crucial exam and marking period.

Chris Mota, director of media relations at Concordia, said that until the union spells out its strategy tomorrow, it’s difficult to say what impact a walkout would have on students and day-to-day operations at the university.

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