I'm one of the part-time professors who will be laid-off due to the strike as of Monday, and I'm not part of the union.  I teach various subjects in the eng. tech field and I currently work at two different colleges (depending upon the semester).

I essentially teach full-time however I have to re-apply for a new contract each semester.  There are very few-full-time faculty left at either college because as they retire they are replaced by people like me.  I am not paid for course development, marking, or meeting with the students out-side of the class time.  I have no benefits or pension.

I believe that the union is right in this fight.  The college admin keeps growing and growing, voting themselves raises, and they've gone crazy with only hiring part-time faculty.  There are whole programs with no full-time faculty now and many these are only for foreign students---basically an immigration scam.  They need more full-time faculty (50:50 ratio).