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MOFA Response to the Speech from the Throne

Universities are still not a priority for the Stefanson government The Speech from the Throne signals that this government will continue to interfere with Manitoba’s universities, giving primacy to the immediate needs of the labour market rather than student and...

MOFA Brief on Performance-Based Funding

MOFA has prepared the following response to the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Immigration's request for additional consultations on a performance-based funding model (PBF) in Manitoba. MOFA has previously engaged the department on this matter through...

Union busting at the University of Manitoba

The current PC government is no friend of organized labour and upon taking office in 2016  immediately took aim at the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA). UMFA and the  University were in the middle of contract negotiations and the university...

The Labour Relations Amendment Act (Bill 16)

The Labour Relations Amendment Act (Bill 16)

MOFA supports the Manitoba Federation of Labour in denouncing Bill 16. If passed, this legislation would eliminate binding arbitration, a rule that brings in a neutral arbitrator to settle labour disputes after two months. The alternative, prolonged strikes and...