2025 Bargaining Updates
- SFU Continues to Squeeze – Back to School Bargaining UpdateDear TSSU Members, For the past four months, TSSU and the Employer have bargained, brought in a mediator, and discussed both monetary and non-monetary proposals. Our contract committee has been firm on the need to ensure fair pay, bring real wage increases, and address the needs for improved benefits and conditions for all members. The…
- Employer’s First Monetary Proposal is Actually a Pay CutThe Employer finally tabled their monetary proposal and responded to ours, meeting one of the two demands the membership made from the Employer at our July GM. Their proposal is the same paltry offer provided to BCGEU workers who are currently taking a strike vote, a trickled out 1.5% increase in the first year and…
What is Bargaining?
Collective bargaining is one of the ways that we improve our working conditions. A Collective Agreement (CA) is a single contract that limits the rights of management and guarantees pay and other compensation for workers in the union. Bargaining is an expression of collective power that gives employees the ability improve their workplace in ways that individually would be limited.
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Detailed information on Proposals
The TSSU does not publish current proposals on its public website, but you can see a detailed list of our bargaining priorities. Proposals are negotiable positions that are intended to address our members’ concerns about our work, and may shift substantially during negotiations. Current detailed proposals are available for members and other interested parties, please contact tssu@tssu.ca for more information.