Members of the Brandon University Faculty Association have voted in favour of a strike mandate.
Members of the Brandon University Faculty Association (BUFA) have voted in favour of a strike mandate. Nearly 87 percent of the organization’s membership – which represents around 260 full-time faculty members and 90 contract staff – cast ballots in support of taking job action as part of an electronic referendum. Ballots were cast until midnight Saturday. According to the union, negotiations have remained at a standstill following a dispute over language used in the collective agreement between faculty members and Brandon University. On Jan. 19, 2023, BUFA members ratified their negotiating team’s mandate to bargain for better equity, diversity, inclusion, decolonization and Indigenization language. They have also been pushing for a better workload, compensation, academic freedom and governance, according to the union.
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