University of Regina
Faculty Association

Standing together with University of Manitoba Faculty Association members

November 4, 2021

Text on the left says, "URFA stands in solidarity with UMFA members". URFA logo bottom left. On the right is a graphic of a hand in a fist.

Updat­ed Novem­ber 8, 2021

URFA stands in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­i­to­ba Fac­ul­ty Asso­ci­a­tion (UMFA) who is seek­ing a fair deal for its 1200-plus mem­bers. UMFA has been nego­ti­at­ing to achieve an agree­ment that pri­or­i­tizes recruit­ing and retain­ing fac­ul­ty. Hav­ing reached an impasse in nego­ti­a­tions, UMFA mem­bers began strik­ing on Novem­ber 2. 

The strug­gles of our col­leagues at UMFA to secure a new agree­ment are not strug­gles they face alone. Part of our pur­pose and mis­sion at URFA is to advo­cate for strong pub­lic uni­ver­si­ty edu­ca­tion and to pro­mote sol­i­dar­i­ty with the labour move­ment. At URFA, we join togeth­er with oth­er fac­ul­ty asso­ci­a­tions, labour orga­ni­za­tions and com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers to express our sol­i­dar­i­ty with the teach­ers, researchers and librar­i­ans UMFA rep­re­sents at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Manitoba.

In this year’s Labour Day mes­sage, URFA Pres­i­dent Britt Hall empha­sized the pow­er of togeth­er­ness. Today, we acti­vate that pow­er through our expres­sions and actions of sol­i­dar­i­ty. URFA will be mak­ing a con­tri­bu­tion to UMFA’s strike fund. Togeth­er, we stand strong and unit­ed in defense of qual­i­ty post-sec­ondary edu­ca­tion. We are with you, UMFA, today and every day until a fair deal is reached. 

URFA mem­bers, con­sid­er shar­ing a mes­sage of sol­i­dar­i­ty with col­leagues at UMFA on their Face­book or Twit­ter accounts. 

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