Breaking: TAs Vote in Favour of Strike
The union says it is ready to return to bargaining after members representing more than 3,500 academic workers backed job action.
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UBC academic workers vote overwhelmingly for strike action
VANCOUVER — Academic workers at the University of British Columbia have voted 95.4 percent in favour of taking strike action. Representing more than 3,500 teaching assistants, tutors, markers, exam invigilators, instructors, and graduate academic assistants, CUPE 2278 says the union has exhausted all other options to reach a fair collective agreement. “UBC is not taking […]
Breaking: TAs vote in favour of strike
Following a series of escalations, 95.4 per cent of CUPE 2278 members who voted said they are in favour of job action. Turnout has not been disclosed, CUPE 2278's President Jessica Wolf said "member engagement" broke participation records. Wolf said the "ball is the employer's court" and added that CUPE 2278 is ready to return to the bargaining table. UBC says they are preparing "resources" to support sustained learning were a strike to occur.
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