Catherine Dubé

TSSU holds vote to unionize research assistants

By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer One of the initiatives the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) has been campaigning for is unionizing SFU’s research assistants (RA). The SFU administration claims RAs are not considered employees, and are therefore unable to unionize. TSSU has since engaged in a card signing campaign for RAs. Each signed card represents a declaration from an RA that they are willing to be a member of the union. Over 1,350 cards have been signed and submitted to the Labour Board, where the vote is still pending. The Peak interviewed TSSU organizers, Catherine Dubé and Yameena Zaidi, who…

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