Even over Spring Break, our No New Seg Fees! campaign continues to work toward Election Days (April 12-14). With just over a week until voting begins after we return from Break, now is the time to get involved on the campaign! Take a look at our campaign website, at NoNewSegFees.org — including more on who…
This week as well as over Spring Break, we have a lot going on with our No New Seg Fees! campaign. Now is the time for you to plug in to help us keep building this campaign to be successful come April 12-14. When we win, we’ll not only stop an increase in our seg…
After some delay, we now have in our hands the “official” contract that covers TAA-represented grad student workers. We have posted it on our website for everyone. Soon enough (eventually), the UW administration will distribute printed versions of the contract to the various departments throughout the university. But in the meantime, feel free to refer…
Our No New Seg Fees! campaign is being built from the grassroots. We as students have everything at stake here — and not just a 10% hike in our seg fees that are already over $1000 per year. This campaign is also about protecting access to higher education and combating the idea that market pricing…
On Tuesday at 5:00 PM, the No New Seg Fees! campaign will be hosting a button-making happy hour party at the TAA office. At the party, we’ll create some high-quality homemade buttons to spread the message and build momentum on our No New Seg Fees! campaign. We will provide the materials and you can create…
As part of our No New Seg Fees! campaign, we are circulating a petition among UW students. The idea behind the petition is to identify students who will pledge to vote “NO” on the seg fee increase referendum on April 12-14. We are circulating the petition through a variety of channels. When we are out…
The TAA is building a campaign to get UW students to vote “No” on the seg fee increase referendum on April 12-14. If passed, segregated fees will rise another 10% to pay for $50 million gym at a time when our university struggles to invest in the education functions that make UW great. We are…
At our February 23rd General Membership Meeting, we voted to endorse a “NO” vote on the segregated fee increase referendum. To win on this referendum, we are building a campaign. Last week, at our Stewards’ Council Meeting, we started planning and taking action on our campaign. This week, we are holding another campaign planning and…
In last week’s General Membership Meeting, we voted to endorse a “NO” vote on the upcoming referendum to increase Segregated Fees. When we decided to endorse a “NO” vote, we also decided that we would make this our priority organizing campaign. So, we need you to get involved on the campaign! There are two ways…
