On Nov. 6, the Bargaining Committee of CUPE 2278,  the TA's at UBC,  reached a tentative deal with the employer to renew their collective agreement.
After more than two years of negotiations, two rounds of mediation and more than a week of job action, the Bargaining Committee
is unanimous in recommending the tentative agreement to the members for ratification.
All job action has now been suspended by the union at UBC.

Both the government and the union put out press releases calling the agreement a success.

However, the union's release repeated that they were frustrated by the government's refusal to pay the full cost of members' professional fees.
The ratification vote was 64%. The Tyee story has fuller details.

Wed. Nov. 7th
12:30pm from SFU Harbour Centre to VCC Pender St.
with CUPE National Pres. Paul Moist
 

All-out strike set for all campuses of SFU, Wednesday, November 7th.  Support staff, CUPE Local 3338
have been without a contract for more than two years.