PRESS RELEASE: Graduate Workers Call for April 5 Sit-In for a Living Wage, Full Fee Relief, Quality Policies, and Workplace Democracy Event info: Friday, April 5, 10 am — 1 pm 500 Lincoln Drive Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, …
Graduate workers and their allies have been wearing buttons on Wednesdays in the past month to demand relief of mandatory fees. They have also been gathering at Bascom Hall to talk about how those fees negatively affect the university’s working, …
Mandatory Fees Cause Graduate Workers Hardship Graduate workers pay more than a thousand dollars a year for mandatory fees so that they can work at UW-Madison. For a typical graduate appointment, this is ten percent of their wage paid back …
Stewards’ Council met on January 17th to share strategies for improving our departments and to discuss our organizing plans for the coming semester. We want to continue working toward receiving better pay, covering mandatory fees, and rescinding international student fees. …
Both the Associated Students of Madison (ASM) and the Faculty Senate have joined us in our call for UW–Madison to cover fees for grad workers. On December 4th, the Faculty Senate almost unanimously voted for the University to cover mandatory fees for graduate …
Follow the latest Mandatory Fee campaign updates here. History of the Campaign for Better Pay / No Fees Our Achievements Gathering over 1,000 signatures on a petition calling for a better mandatory fee policy Getting administrators to listen to personal …
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What can I do to build faculty support? Talk to individual faculty members Talk to your department faculty meeting Tips: Start with faculty members you know Look up your faculty senators (this might be out of date) and send them …
Resolution to be presented at the Oct 31 ASM Student Council meeting and the Nov 5 Faculty Senate meeting. In March and April 2018, graduate workers protested UW-Madison’s decision to change the mandatory fees payment schedule without the input of …
I. Funding public education in Wisconsin Public education has been under attack for the last half century. The Wisconsin State Legislature continues to pass austerity budgets that starve public institutions at the same time that they pass regressive tax plans …
Do you want UW–Madison to remit our fees, but will be out of town during Thursday’s action?[dt_gap height=”10″ /] The most important way you can take action is by mobilizing your friends and colleagues to show up on Thursday. Talk …