University of Manitoba President Michael Benarroch announced today that classes will continue and that the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) has agreed to bring UM’s latest offer to its membership.

“We are thankful that students are able to continue their classes and academic activities,” said Benarroch. “To our faculty, we value and respect you as indispensable collaborators in our shared mission of advanced research and higher education. We are pleased that our community will be able to continue teaching, learning and researching at UM without interruption while the voting process takes place.”

Today’s announcement follows mediation overseen by independent mediator Arne Peltz. We thank Mr. Peltz for his hard work and both negotiating teams for their dedication to the collective bargaining process.

UM’s offer is subject to ratification by UMFA members. To respect the ratification process, the University will not discuss the specifics of the offer at this time except to say that it met the 2020-21 province-issued wage mandate to hold the line on salary increases.