Greetings all, As of 06:15 AM on October 19, 2023, we have reached a tentative agreement renewing the 2022-2025 Collective Agreement between TSSU and SFU. This means that there will be NO picket lines today. Please cease all strike activity. The next step is that you contact your supervisor who can provide direction as to…
Category: 2022/2023 Bargaining Updates
TSSU put back a proposal late in the evening that makes real progress on our 5 key demands outlined in detail yesterday: compensation to class sizes for remote work, stopping wage theft, winning a pension plan for instructors, eliminating the most offensive equivalencies, and creating a full teaching year for ELC/ITP/ITA instructors. The ball is…
Greetings members, As noted in yesterday’s bargaining update, TSSU made overtures to close the gap on key monetary issues. We expected the response from the Employer’s bargaining team at 2PM today. Despite this, we have not yet received a response from the Employer on any of our proposals (which are detailed below). With our members…
TSSU and the Employer met for mediation today. The mediator indicated that there is enough possibility of getting to a deal, for both sides, to continue with the mediation process Sunday at noon. The Employer’s bargaining team made a commitment that they would provide a full response to our key monetary proposals with supporting costing…
Today TSSU met with the Employer’s bargaining team for what was supposed to be the 45th bargaining session to build momentum heading into mediation tomorrow morning. When they came into the room, however, the Employer tabled a package of proposals that did not respond to any of the work done yesterday, with one small exception. Then, the…
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…
TSSU Members, We returned to bargaining today and presented an updated monetary package of improvements to benefits, wages increases, TA wage adjustment based on UBC’s rates, paid maternity/parental leave, and pension for instructors. The Employer finally signed off on a package of articles (Preamble – Article 9 of the collective agreement) that have been almost…
TSSU is one step closer to a Collective Agreement. Thanks to four days of picket lines, SFU Administration has finally given up on gutting our contract. On Tuesday, October 4, 2023 TSSU Strike and Contract Committees agreed to take one day off picketing, allowing SFU Convocation at Burnaby campus to proceed. In exchange, the Employer…
Our strike action is working!! We have shown the power of our labour by stopping work and going out on the picket lines. We have brought that power to the bargaining table, and we forced the Employer to withdraw substantial concessions to the Collective Agreement that would harm international students, scholarship pay for grad student TAs, and…
This week nearly 1000 TSSU members, faculty, staff, and community allies shut down the Vancouver and Surrey campuses. The Employer again reacted to our impressive show of solidarity by sending misleading messages to our members and the SFU community. We will respond in more detail to some of their statements in the coming week. What…