The faculty of the University of Manitoba has voted in favour of a strike, after collective bargaining negotiations with university officials deteriorated. For more information, see here, here, and here
URPE offers its strong support and solidarity with respect to the current social action and the many challenges the faculty has been facing throughout the collective bargaining process with the administration of the University of Manitoba, especially, but certainly not exclusively, since one of the editorial board members of our flagship journal Review of Radical Political Economics (RRPE), Fletcher Baragar, a professor of economics at U of Manitoba, are actively involved in the struggle.