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TSSU members discuss the end of the strike
October 30, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) announced their weeks-long work stoppage has ceased after a tentative agreement was reached with SFU in the early hours of October 19. The work stoppage started on September 28. It was an escalation of the larger strike that started in June, and saw teaching assistants (TA) stopping all work and picketing outside all three SFU campuses. Despite the work stoppage ending, there are still loose ends to tie up, such as SFU’s controversial hiring of a private investigation service to surveil students and staff. The Peak reached out to…
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TSSU initiates full work stoppage
October 10, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer On September 28, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) engaged in a full work stoppage and began demonstrating in picket lines across all three SFU campuses. The stoppage of all work for teaching assistants (TAs)…
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TSSU engages strike action at Surrey campus
August 1, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Editor’s Note: The Peak would like to acknowledge and apologize for misgendering one of our interviewees. Their correct pronouns have been added to the web-version of the article. On July 19, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU)…
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