News and updates
Week of Sept. 14, 2026 | Collective bargaining negotiating teams met this week with both MUNFA and CUPE with progress on a number of items.
Sept. 15, 2026 | Negotiations to reach new collective agreements between ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University and its unions are currently underway. Five unions represent faculty and staff at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, all essential partners in delivering the university’s mission.
Talks continue between ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University and MUNFA toward a collective agreement
Aug. 21, 2026 | Negotiating teams for the university and MUNFA met over two days this week to continue the work toward a mutually agreeable collective agreement for the university’s 800 faculty members.
Negotiations begin with TAUMUN
Aug. 4, 2026 | ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ and TAUMUN began collective bargaining on July 21, 2026. The parties made progress on a bargaining protocol to support an orderly negotiation process. ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ looks forward to working with TAUMUN’s negotiating team in good faith and through respectful dialogue to reach a new collective agreement.
Negotiations with MUNFA underway
July 3, 2026 | The negotiating teams for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ and MUNFA met on June 26, 2026, for their first bargaining session to work toward a new collective agreement. During that meeting, the university shared its opening package of proposals and now looks forward to receiving MUNFA’s full set of proposals in advance of the next round of talks.
June 1, 2026 | On June 2, 2026, talks to reach new collective agreements with the first of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½â€™s employee unions will begin.
Notice to bargain updates
July 29, 2026 | LUMUN served notice to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University to begin collective bargaining
July 2, 2026 | TAUMUN served notice to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University to begin collective bargaining
May 20, 2026 | ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ served notice to MUNFA to begin collective bargaining
March 2, 2026 | NAPE served notice to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University to begin collective bargaining
Dec. 1, 2025 | CUPE served notice to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University to begin collective bargaining