U of M faculty holding strike vote

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Faculty members at the University of Manitoba began voting Wednesday on whether to strike.

The voting will continue until 4 p.m. Friday. More than 1,300 professors, instructors, librarians, coaches and counsellors are represented by the University of Manitoba Faculty Association. Their collective agreement expired in March.

“Students come to the University of Manitoba to learn from our members, and Manitobans benefit from the research of our members,” association president Erik Thomson said in a news release Wednesday.

“We want to continue offering world-class programs and research for those students, and the larger community the university serves — but we need competitive salaries to do so.”

Faculty salaries are the second-lowest amongst Canada’s 15 research-based universities, the release said.

Bargaining negotiations will resume Monday, the association said.