Government interference makes free and fair bargaining impossible.” They say the Government of Manitoba continues to interfere with free collective bargaining between the University of Manitoba 1 and the UMFA, putting the future of public education in Manitoba in jeopardy, and add “The government’s interference has led to a breakdown in negotiations and has forced a strike.” “While we are dismayed. [...] Renewal Update supports the just position of the UMFA, and joins in asking everyone to add their voice to the call for the provincial government to immediately withdraw its imposed bargaining mandate and allow UMFA and the University to bargain in good faith so they can reach a fair and mutually agreeable deal. [...] CAUT has stated that it “opposes” the adoption of the IHRA definition by Canadian academic institutions, “supports the academic freedom of its members and recognizes the need to safeguard the rights of scholars to critique all states, including the state of Israel, without fear of outside political influence, cuts to funding, censorship, harassment, threats, and intimidation.” CAUT’s resolution fo. [...] The IHRA definition of anti-Semitism has been produced in the midst of a global campaign to silence criticism of the State of Israel and to suppress and criminalize support for the Palestinian people’s right to be. [...] We, the undersigned members of the Canadian academic community wish to express our opposition to the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Anti-Semitism by academic institutions and other public bodies in Canada.
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