The Brandon University Faculty Association (BUFA) announced late this afternoon that BUFA will remain committed to the collective bargaining process and will not agree to submitting the current dispute with Brandon University to arbitration.

The decision, taken at a special meeting of the BUFA Executive earlier today, was unanimous and was conveyed to the Provincial Minister of Labour and Immigration, the Hon. Jennifer Howard, by letter.

In commenting on this development, BUFA Secretary and member of the bargaining team Bill Paton said, “We have extended an open invitation to resume talks, and we are confident that with the appropriate amount of resolve on the part of both parties, we can achieve an agreement expeditiously.”

The BUFA strike, which is in its twenty-eighth day, continues.