Strike

[Alexandra Sosnowski]

Hallo, Seelangers!

This is to inform you that our union here at the University of Manitoba
(Canada), i.e. the University of Manitoba Faculty Association is presently on
strike (as of midnight 17 October 1995).  Academic freedom and job secutity
are only some of the issues, yet both of them are related to downsizing of our
university and cutting of smaller programs, among them the Department of
Slavic Studies where three slavic langs are being taught:  Polish, Russian,
and Ukrainian, due to the present economic problems (Canada) and ongoing cuts
to government funding for the university over the last few years.

I still hope we (the Slavic Studies section) will survive.
Alexandra Sosnowski (presently not working, on strike)
asosnow at cc.umanitoba.ca