Court upholds ruling, Manitoba must pay UMFA $19.4M
Manitoba’s Court of Appeal has rejected the provincial government’s appeal of the ruling that the province must pay the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA)…
Manitoba’s Court of Appeal has rejected the provincial government’s appeal of the ruling that the province must pay the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA)…
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The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) entered into binding arbitration with the University of Manitoba over the weekend to settle outstanding issues from the strike in November.
The Manitoba government has been ordered to pay the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) over $19.3 million for secretly interfering with UMFA’s contract negotiations in 2016.
Post-secondary union members from British Columbia flew into Manitoba late last month to offer their support to then-striking members of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA).
In a statement to his colleagues at the U of M, vice-president (external) John Kearsey announced he would be resigning Dec. 3.
UMSU passed a motion Nov. 22 endorsing binding arbitration to resolve the UMFA strike.
A number of incidents have further eroded the relationship between UMFA, the university administration and the provincial government since then, and the effect is palpable. In 2016, as I remember it, the mood was determined but apologetic — the academic strike was a new and frightening concept to most students, and both UMFA and the university made significant efforts to explain what was happening and maintained an outwardly friendly relationship. But this disagreement has gone on for years now, and what seemed like a small fight has escalated to full-blown resentment.
Despite promotion considered problematic by some, an evening strike march through Old Tuxedo proceeded smoothly last Tuesday.