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2023 — A Year in Review
January 12, 2024By: Eden Chipperfield & Olivia Sherman TSSU Strikes for improving working conditions, June–October Learn more: The TSSU Strike Vote: A Timeline of Events TSSU members form picket line in labour action SFU’s response to the TSSU picket lines has been poor TSSU hosts BBQ in solidarity with strike BCGEU donates $200,000 to TSSU Strike Fund TSSU engages strike action at Surrey campus TSSU initiates full work stoppage Council Chats: SFSS discusses their lack of response to TSSU strike TSSU members discuss the end of the strike Beginning in June 2023, teaching assistants (TAs) at SFU engaged in a strike following…
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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.…
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Council Chats: SFSS discusses their lack of response to TSSU strike
October 24, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer On October 11, The Peak attended the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) bi-weekly Council meeting. The agenda included a discussion on the SFSS response to the TSSU strike. This article was written prior to TSSU…
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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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A letter to my TA
July 24, 2023By: Hailey Miller, Peak Associate I’ve often wondered how teaching assistants find the time to actually manage being a TA. As if university isn’t tough enough, somehow you squeeze enough time into your schedule to assist in one more course…
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BCGEU donates $200,000 to TSSU Strike Fund
July 12, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer On June 29, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) held a picket line outside SFU’s Harbour Centre. Paul Finch, the treasurer of the British Columbia General Employees’ Union (BCGEU), was present at the demonstration, where…
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TSSU members form picket line in labour action
June 22, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer As of June 12, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) has gone on strike, with an overwhelming 94% vote to take this action. Leading up to the strike, teaching assistants (TAs) began their labour action…
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The TSSU Strike Vote: A Timeline of Events
June 16, 2023By: Anthony Houston, SFU student As is the case with any Canadian union, SFU’s Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) has the right to strike in accordance with the British Columbia Labour Relations Board (LRB). Strikes are a type of job…
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The Teaching Support Staff Union votes in favour of strike action
May 8, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer With a vote of 94%, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) has decided in favour of taking strike action to improve working and learning conditions on campus. The TSSU represents over 3,500 workers “who teach…
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