We are writing to you live from the picket line at Burnaby campus, which is holding strong through wind and rain, with an update on bargaining. Last week we successfully converted the leverage built through picketing into real progress at the bargaining table, and the trend continues this week, again thanks to our work stoppage and…
Author: Dalton
Oct. 6, 2023 — As members of the National Basketball Players Association, Toronto Raptors players have donated $10,000 to the Teaching Support Staff Union’s strike fund, in support of their ongoing work stoppage at Simon Fraser University (SFU). “The members of the NBPA stand in solidarity with members of Simon Fraser University’s Teaching Support Staff…
Contract Committee arrived at our 41st bargaining session yesterday with pens in hand, ready to sign a deal; the Employer, however, did not. Even on the precipice of a full and complete work stoppage, the Employer failed to meaningfully bargain on any of our fundamental issues. As a result, TSSU will begin a full and…
On Monday September 25, TSSU will meet with the Employer in the Student Union Building (SUB) ballroom at 11AM for our 41st bargaining session. It has been over 500 days since our contract expired in April 2022—that’s over 500 days that the Employer has been withholding increased wages, improved benefits, and enhanced protections that they…
Thank you to every single member who came out for breakfast and bargaining on Monday. We packed the room, and the Employer refused to even enter, citing the fire code. Nobody knows the last time the fire code was taken into account by the Employer when packing our classrooms with students—who often do not even…
Because many new members have joined TSSU this Fall, the Contract Committee and Strike Committee thought we should summarize bargaining, the ongoing strike, and look forward to what’s next. What’s at stake? TSSU is bargaining for three key improvements to our Collective Agreement: (1) a Cost of Living Adjustment, (2) to Stop Wage Theft, and…
Dear TSSU members, Your Contract Committee has met with the Employer in bargaining sessions every day this week to fulfill the terms of the settlement at the Labour Relations Board (LRB). In spite of SFU’s desperate attempts to delay at all costs, the resounding success of our strike vote has forced the Employer to finally…
TSSU had two more bargaining sessions with the Employer last week, on Wednesday the 15th and Thursday the 16th. At these sessions we continued to discuss proposed changes to the articles of the Collective Agreement concerning Sessional Instructors and Teaching Assistants, but little progress was made. The Employer continues to stall. Concerning Teaching Assistants, the…
Thank you to all the members that attended bargaining this week. On February 1 we packed the room, filling every seat and showing our collective power. On both days, the employer offered virtually no proposals or counter-proposals, instead using the time to correct typos and make insignificant changes—wasting everyone’s time and money. In opening remarks,…