Students steaming during strike at University of Windsor

A strike that began Sunday at the University of Windsor has caused some class cancellations today, according to reports on Twitter. Professors have been dismissing lectures inside buildings where failed air conditioning won’t be fixed by striking workers or contractors, who refused on Tuesday to cross picket lines. Temperatures reached 34 degrees on Tuesday and 31 degrees by Wednesday afternoon. The university’s Facebook page says A/C was off in half of classrooms Tuesday but, “Mother Nature will bring her own relief on Thursday.” Those who walked off the job include roughly 300 lab technicians, IT workers, plumbers, carpenters, graphic designers and nurses. The strike has caused a long list of events to be cancelled, including 50th anniversary celebrations. Some are making the best of a bad situation.CUPE 1393, the union, is handing out cool treats while some instructors have held classes outdoors. Here’s how students have reacted so far on Twitter:

prof walking around with a thermometer and comes to the back of the room and it hits 90.. think it's a little hot in Toldo? @UWindsor #dying

— katy webb (@_kwebb) September 11, 2013

Couldn't handle the heat today, had to skip class, how is anyone supposed to learn in conditions like that? @UWindsor

— Tarah Sellars (@canis_teasella) September 11, 2013

Class is in the garden today because the room is too hot. #uwindsor http://t.co/IfVGgZxeIA

— Heidi Lamb (@heidilamb) September 11, 2013

Prof just dismissed the class cause its too hot after 10 minutes #uwindsor #heatproblems

— Bernard Wu (@bnardwu) September 11, 2013

Prof canceled class bc it's "uncivilized to hold class in this heat" #90degreesinToldo #uwindsor

— neec xx (@nicole_topliffe) September 11, 2013

@alijaworsk come to uwindsor: where we cook our students for $3000 a semester

— daniela ice (@dvp93) September 11, 2013

I was told engineering would be hell, this is the fire and brimstone I expected! Crank the heat up; see what @UWindsor students are made of!

— Brandon Baioff (@Baiogg) September 11, 2013

this is the most accurate thing in the world #meltinggg @UWindsor pic.twitter.com/waN8uZyOqR

— lanie-joy smith (@laaniejoy) September 11, 2013