{"id":13231,"date":"2026-07-29T16:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=13231"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:49:02","slug":"une-stands-with-members-at-local-50773","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=13231","title":{"rendered":"UNE Stands With Members at Local 50773"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Standing-With-Our-Members-at-CMHR-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Standing-With-Our-Members-at-CMHR-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Standing-With-Our-Members-at-CMHR-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Standing-With-Our-Members-at-CMHR-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Standing-With-Our-Members-at-CMHR-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Standing-With-Our-Members-at-CMHR.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It hasn&#8217;t been an easy few months for the members of Local 50773. Since Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present opened at CMHR in Winnipeg (MB), our members have faced sustained pressure \u2014 from elected officials, organized advocacy campaigns, and public criticism. That&#8217;s not something any worker should have to face alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local 50773&#8217;s membership voted overwhelmingly to stand behind their colleagues and the museum&#8217;s leadership, and to reject the pressure campaign aimed at their work. UNE stands behind that vote, fully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our members are entrusted with difficult, important work, and their professional judgment deserves respect, not political interference from outside the institution,&#8221; said Alex Silas, PSAC National Executive Vice-President and UNE Trustee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re inviting other locals, and everyone who believes in workers&#8217; right to do their jobs without political interference, to join us in this support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/une-sen.org\/Communications\/UNE_Local_50773_Press_Release_07292026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to read the full statement from Local 50773.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It hasn&#8217;t been an easy few months for the members of Local 50773. Since Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present opened at CMHR in Winnipeg (MB), our members have faced sustained pressure \u2014 from elected officials, organized advocacy campaigns, and public criticism. That&#8217;s not something any worker should have to face alone. Local 50773&#8217;s membership &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=13231\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;UNE Stands With Members at Local 50773&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,169,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13234,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231\/revisions\/13234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}