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The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU)
Independent, Non-hierarchical, Directly Democratic and Feminist Since 1978
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GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP
MEETINGS
Burnaby: Wednesday, January 22, 11:30 - 1:30 pm, WMC 2220
Vancouver: Tuesday, February 25, 4:30 - 6:30 pm, HC 7000
Surrey: Thursday, March 26, 4:30 - 6:30 pm, via BlueJeans (email tssu@tssu.ca to get link for the meeting)
STEWARDS
MEETINGS
Vancouver: Thursday, January 16, 4:30 - 6:30 pm, HC 1520
Surrey: Wednesday, February 12, 4:30 - 6:30 pm, SUR 2740
Burnaby: Tuesday, March 10, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, MBC 2290
BARGAINING
SESSIONS
Postponed until further notice. Please see bargaining.tssu.ca for updates
In the Spotlight
Tentative Agreement Reached – Ratification Vote Now!
March 27, 2020See more updates at bargaining.tssu.ca After a very hectic week, last night the TSSU general membership voted to send the tentative agreement that settles bargaining for TAs, TMs, SIs, GFs and ELC/ITP instructors to an online ratification vote. The vote will take place from March 27th (TODAY!) to March 30th. Members will receive a voting token sometime today, and if you do not by midday on Saturday, please check your mail filters, and then let the Trustees know at trustees@tssu.ca. Details on Tentative Agreement The Contract Committee has emailed a package, including both summary and all signing sheets. If you did not receive it please email tssu@tssu.ca. This agreement does not cover RAs, who will commence bargaining sometime in the near future.These improvements were secured during our regular
Events
TSSU COVID Solidarity Check Ins (Multiple Sessions)
2020-03-31
The situation with COVID 19 being a global pandemic has sent all of us into an extraordinary time and a lot of uncertainty. More than ever we need our community and supporting each other. Please join us in our Solidarity Check In sessions to Solidarity Check-in Sessions to connect, ask questions, and share experiences, tips and concerns during this crisis. Join us:https://bluejeans.com/776880593 We need to know what challenges our members face so we can organize together to address them. Our strength as a union is each other. Occupational Health and Safety Commissioner Natalia will be with us to discuss the impact on the health and safety as a worker at SFU and the impact on international students. Session schedule: Friday,
Virtual General Membership Meeting
2020-03-26
The TSSU will be hosting its first-ever virtual General Membership Meeting on Thursday, March 26 from 4:30 – 6:30pm!! We have some big decisions to make and an important bargaining update, so please join us! You can participate by clicking on this link: bluejeans.com/776880593. Members will receive further instructions via email on how to participate closer to the date. You don’t need to download the app! The Bluejeans platform can function in most web browsers. Spring Executive Election Result Ratification– Election results may be contested up until March 26. If you feel that there were unfair practices conducted during this past election period, please contact our Trustees at trustee@tssu.ca COVID-19 info session– Important bargaining update in relations to COVID 19We’ve
In the News
Tentative Agreement Reached – Ratification Vote Now!
March 27, 2020See more updates at bargaining.tssu.ca After a very hectic week, last night the TSSU general membership voted to send the tentative agreement that settles bargaining for TAs, TMs, SIs, GFs and ELC/ITP instructors to an online ratification vote. The vote will take place from March 27th (TODAY!) to March 30th. Members will receive a voting token sometime today, and if you do not by midday on Saturday, please check your mail filters, and then let the Trustees know at trustees@tssu.ca. Details on Tentative Agreement The Contract Committee has emailed a package, including both summary and all signing sheets. If you did not receive it please email tssu@tssu.ca. This agreement does not cover RAs, who will commence bargaining sometime in the near future.These improvements were secured during our regular
Virtual Office Hours
March 24, 2020We will be holding Virtual Office Hours a few hours a day, so members can have a place to ask questions or connecting during this time of isolation. You can join us by clicking bluejeans.com/776880593. See the public office hour availability: tssu.ca/calendar. In this extraordinary time, it is important for us to keep connecting and supporting each other. Keep being safe! ❤️ See Q&A regarding COVID 19 and our working condition: tssu.ca/covid19
TSSU COVID Solidarity Check Ins (Multiple Sessions)
March 27, 2020The situation with COVID 19 being a global pandemic has sent all of us into an extraordinary time and a lot of uncertainty. More than ever we need our community and supporting each other. Please join us in our Solidarity Check In sessions to Solidarity Check-in Sessions to connect, ask questions, and share experiences, tips and concerns during this crisis. Join us:https://bluejeans.com/776880593 We need to know what challenges our members face so we can organize together to address them. Our strength as a union is each other. Occupational Health and Safety Commissioner Natalia will be with us to discuss the impact on the health and safety as a worker at SFU and the impact on international students. Session schedule: Friday,
SSJC and Contract Committee Joint Letter of Solidarity with UCSC Strikers
February 21, 2020From: Solidarity and Social Justice Committee (SSJC) and Contract Committee (CC), Teaching Support Staff Union. Today, striking graduate workers at the University of California – Santa Cruz (UCSC) are under police threat for demanding that UCSC Administration match their wages to the rising cost of living. At UCSC, wages have not “fallen behind” cost of living, they have been eaten by it. As reported by Salon, “graduate student teaching assistants at UCSC make $2,434 a month before taxes, for only nine months of the year. The median monthly rent in Santa Cruz County is $1,685.” The strikers’ demand an increase of $1,412 to every graduate student regardless of residence, visa, documentation, employment, or funding status and a promise that Administration will
Since 1978
The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU)
An Independent, Non-Hierarchical Feminist Labour Union