University of Regina
Faculty Association

URFA sends $1500 to striking & locked out academic workers across Canada

February 16, 2022

This week, in a ges­ture of sol­i­dar­i­ty, the URFA Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee has vot­ed to donate $500 each to three strik­ing and locked out fac­ul­ty associations. 

Over the past two weeks, aca­d­e­m­ic work­ers at Aca­dia Uni­ver­si­ty, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leth­bridge, and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ontario Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy have all hit the pick­et lines to fight for bet­ter work­ing conditions.

Unions across Cana­da have been pool­ing resources and mak­ing dona­tions to help keep these unions’ strike funds strong, and URFA is proud to sup­port these unions in their strug­gle for bet­ter work­ing con­di­tions, fair pay, man­age­able work­loads, and diver­si­ty & inclu­sion on campus. 

It’s impor­tant that, at times like these, we work togeth­er and show sol­i­dar­i­ty with oth­er unions. URFA invites our mem­bers to take action by:

  • Shar­ing this graph­ic on Twit­ter to sup­port locked out mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leth­bridge Fac­ul­ty Asso­ci­a­tion (ULFA)
  • Send­ing an email to Ontario Tech’s Uni­ver­si­ty’s Pres­i­dent & lead­er­ship to sup­port strik­ing mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ontario Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy Fac­ul­ty Asso­ci­a­tion (UOIT­FA)
  • Send­ing a let­ter to Aca­dia Uni­ver­si­ty’s Pres­i­dent & lead­er­ship to sup­port strik­ing mem­bers of the Aca­dia Uni­ver­si­ty Fac­ul­ty Asso­ci­a­tion (AUFA)