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…
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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…
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…
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…
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Friday, Oct 6, 2023 picketing
We are picketing Vancouver campuses tomorrow. Picket assignments will be the same as those originally assigned to you for the Thursday, Oct 5, 2023 picket. For example, if you were assigned 10:00am-2:00pm for Thursday in Burnaby, your picket shift for Vancouver is 10:00am-2:00pm.
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…
Good afternoon TSSU members, The following message contains essential information regarding the state of bargaining between TSSU and SFU, as well as our ongoing strike actions. It is critical that you read it closely and completely. Summary State of bargaining: Strike actions: Picket shifts will be sent soon. These shifts are assigned to every TSSU…
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…