TSSU has finished the first of two weeks of expedited bargaining with SFU, as required by the Labour Relations Board. Since our last update on Tuesday, we bargained for Teaching Assistants, Education Mentors, Graduate Facilitators in the Student Learning Commons and Media and Maker Commons, and ELC/ITP/ITA instructors. While there has been some minor movement…
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Last Tuesday and Wednesday, TSSU’s Contract Committee met with the Employer to negotiate. Tuesday, we discussed ELC/ITP/ITA instructors; Wednesday, we discussed TAs. While the Employer brought proposals to TSSU each day, none firmly established its position. At the bargaining table, the Employer continued their preferred strategy of “concept bargaining,” communicating their desired changes verbally but…
TSSU Contract Committee met with SFU Administration on November 2 & 3 to present opening positions for the 2022 round of bargaining. TSSU opened by saying that we are committed to making SFU a better place, a place where people feel welcome and supported. As a feminist union, our bargaining priorities always reflect the need…
At our last bargaining session on December 2, we saw an employer that is unwilling to bargain. The proposals that they have passed across the table since they changed spokesperson this summer have shown no movement toward the TSSU’s proposals. Although the Union’s bargaining team has made numerous moves towards the administration’s position, this employer…
TSSU and SFU have met twice since our last update and registered some progress, although key differences remain. Two half-days of bargaining are scheduled for Tuesday, May 18 and Thursday, May 20, 2021, at which point TSSU hopes the discussion will shift to include monetary issues like wages and benefits. Today, SFU Administration once again…
Today was our third day of negotiations with SFU Administration for the first Collective Agreement for Research Assistants and Grant Employees (RAs). SFU accepted our common clauses list, which is a first win in this round of RA bargaining! The common clauses are the articles which are in the TSSU/SFU Collective Agreement that will be…
The TSSU bargaining team met with SFU administration today, Thursday, September 3, 2020, and presented our revised proposal on Graduate Facilitators and answered questions about the language. The Employer team reacted with reserved optimism and suggested the possibility of moving towards an agreement. Future dates were discussed for the Employer team to present its counter-proposal,…