TAA On The Facebook
The TAA is on the Facebook. If you’re on the Facebook, become a fan. We’ll use our Facebook fan page to send out quick news, information, and updates, to post pictures, and the like. You should (a) become a fan …
Year: 2010
UMass Postdocs Unionize
Another victory for the academic labor movement occurred this week in Massachusetts. At the three campuses of UMass, including the flagship research institution at Amherst, postdoctoral researchers won union recognition. Teaching, research, and graduate assistants at UMass unionized years ago. …
Major GMM February 23rd
We have a major General Membership Meeting coming up on February 23rd, so it’s time to put it on your calendar and plan on being there. While we have a GMM on February 4th to handle some basic business carried …
TAA Volunteer Night!
Reviving an old tradition, the TAA Volunteer Night is back! We will be holding a volunteer night on February 11th at 5:30 PM at the TAA office. The volunteer night will go for a couple hours at most, with food …
Stewards' Council Kickoff!
We will be holding our Stewards’ Council spring semester kickoff meeting on February 8th at 6:30 PM at the TAA office. You’re invited to attend to get involved in the crucial work of our Stewards’ Council this semester as we …
General Membership Meeting: February 4th
Our first General Membership Meeting of the spring semester will take place… Thursday, February 4th5:30 PM2231 Humanities The agenda for this meeting will begin by finishing up the open business from our December General Membership Meeting, including handling Constitutional changes …
Grad School: Bad Decision?
One of the hotter pieces floating around and linked to in the higher ed and academic labor blogospheres of late has been Thomas Benton’s piece in the Chronicle, “Graduate School In the Humanities: Just Don’t Go. We pass on the …