- Admission
- Programs
- Learning
- Community
- About
- Research
- Research Priorities
- Strategic Research Plan
- Implementation Plan
- Supporting Health and Wellness of Individuals, Populations and Communities
- Expanding the foundations of knowledge and understanding our origins
- Strengthening Democracy, Justice, Equity and Education
- Supporting Research Graduate Students
- Supporting Postdoctoral Fellows
- Valuing and Measuring Scholarly Impact
- Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives into Research Ethics
- Building World-Class Research Space and Infrastructure
- Involving Undergraduate Students in Research
- Supporting Early-Career Researchers (Faculty)
- Funding Research Chairs
- Reducing Administrative barriers to Research
- Transforming industry and economies through technology, management and policy
- Implementation Plan
- Performance & Excellence
- Innovation
- Knowledge Mobilization
- Researcher Resources north_east
- Institutes, Centres & Facilities
- Leadership & Departments
- Dashboard
- Campuses
- Contact Us
- Emergency
APSA, CUPE, POLYPARTY, SFUFA, TSSU
February Collective Bargaining Update
SFU is currently engaged in collective bargaining with its unions and professional association.
The university is seeing positive momentum and agreement on some proposals at a number of bargaining tables. Read more below for union and APSA-specific updates including bargaining dates.
About Collective Bargaining at SFU
The university’s bargaining philosophy is oriented toward collaborative negotiations that meet the core interests of all parties and upholds the sustainable and best interests for the entire SFU community.
Negotiations are also guided by the Province's 2025 Balanced Measures Mandate, which applies to all public sector employers with unionized employees whose collective agreement expired on or after December 31, 2024.
The current elements of the 2025 mandate include maximum allowable wage increases of 12% over the 4-year term, broken down as follows:
- Year 1 – 3% general wage increase
- Year 2 – 3% general wage increase
- Year 3 – 3% general wage increase
- Year 4 – 3% general wage increase
- A 0.2% flexibility allocation fund in years 2 and 4 to support mutually beneficial outcomes for employees and the university, which may include initiatives to support recruitment, retention, or training and development.
You can learn more about the process, common terms, Provincial mandate and the university’s approach to bargaining by visiting the following quick links:
Monthly Bargaining Updates by Employee Group
ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATION (APSA)
- The university and APSA continued collective bargaining on February 9, 11 and March 9.
- The parties are scheduled to meet again to continue negotiations on March 26 and 27.
CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (CUPE) LOCAL 3338
- The university and CUPE continued collective bargaining on February 5 and March 10, exchanging monetary and non-monetary proposals.
- The parties are working to secure more dates.
POLY PARTY
- The university and Poly Party last met in December and were unable to find mutually agreeable bargaining dates in January, February or March.
- The parties are scheduled to resume negotiations on April 1.
SFU FACULTY ASSOCIATION (SFUFA)
- Negotiations continue, with additional bargaining dates scheduled in March and April as SFU and SFUFA remain active in discussion on both monetary and non-monetary proposals.
TEACHING SUPPORT STAFF UNION (TSSU)
- The university and TSSU bargained on February 10 and March 5 to discuss monetary and non-monetary proposals.
- The parties will meet again to continue discussions on March 23.