UMSU quiet on Palestine because it bungles everything
UMSU has not been entirely silent on what professor of Holocaust and genocide studies Raz Segal has called “a textbook case of genocide” of Palestinians,…
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Letter from president Benarroch to UMFA
Dear Orvie, Thank you for your correspondence. As we head into the fall term, I am happy to provide the following information in response…
Letter to U of M president Michael Benarroch from UMFA
Dear president Benarroch, Despite much of the normalcy that has resumed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 is not a trivial ailment, even for healthy…
Manitoba government will not appeal UMFA case further
The provincial government has chosen not to pursue further action following a decision from the Manitoba Court of Appeal to uphold a previous ruling ordering…
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)…
UMFA raises concerns over COVID-19 practices
The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) continues to be concerned with the university’s health and safety practices surrounding SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. The…
Masks and clean air can help protect our community
This past month marked three years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Most public health restrictions have ended, and most governments are…
The current state of COVID-19
The University of Manitoba Faculty Association hosted a webinar on Feb. 28 to discuss the current and future COVID-19 situation and how to make campus…
Arbitrator rules U of M must increase salaries for UMFA
The University of Manitoba must increase the salaries of University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) members, an arbitrator ruled last week.
UMFA, university hold binding arbitration hearing
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.