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SFU teaching assistants strike ends, tentative agreement reached

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Teaching support staff at Simon Fraser University are about to escalate job action by walking off the job this week. Union members will hit the picket lines starting Thursday at the Surrey campus then Friday at the Vancouver campus and Saturday in Burnaby – Sep 27, 2023

There will be no picket lines at Simon Fraser University campuses on Thursday as the union that represents instructors, teaching assistants and other education support workers said a tentative deal has been reached.

The Teaching Support Staff Union at SFU announced the early deal on social media Thursday morning.

Nearly 1,600 members launched job action on Sept. 26 after being without a collective agreement for 19 months, forcing the cancellation of tutorials, labs, lectures, office hours and the marking of assignments.

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Key issues included wages, class size and pensions for instructors.

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A statement from the university confirms a tentative deal has been reached and it says details will be released after it is ratified.

The statement on SFU’s website advises students to expect communication from their instructors on the resumption of disrupted classes, labs and tutorials.

Global News has reached out to the union and SFU for comment.

— with files from Canadian Press

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