Statement of Support for Striking University of California Graduate Research Workers

The TAA Executive Board signed onto the Harvard Graduate Student Union (HGSU-UAW) Community Strike Support Letter, which will be delivered to the Harvard University administration. We stand in solidarity with the Harvard student workers as they strike for fair compensation that adequately reflects the cost of living and inflation, real protections against all forms of…
At the General Membership Meeting on September 20, 2021, TAA members voted to endorse the Higher Ed Labor United Vision Platform. Higher Ed Labor United is a national coalition of unions organizing to transform higher education. The TAA supports their vision for higher education: “We envision a future in which higher education is treated and…
We are writing to let you know Miranda Alksnis stepped down as TAA co-president on August 16th, 2021 for mental health reasons. Two years of Zoom TAA work has taken a toll on all of us, and we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who stepped up during this pandemic to support…
The TAA signed the “Call on the AFT to Disaffiliate From Cop Unions” petition, written by members of two AFT caucuses: RAFT at Temple University and RAFA at City University of New York. The petition “demand[s] that organized labor cease its collaboration with, and support for, the repressive state apparatus in the form of police…
Statement on the TAA Endorsement of Rebecca Kemble for Madison Common Council, District 18 The Teaching Assistants’ Association endorsed Rebecca Kemble in her race for Madison Common Council alder during our January Membership Meeting. In her public statements and voting record, Alder Kemble has demonstrated her commitment to environmental justice, public housing and transit, and…
Teaching Assistants’ Association | 520 University Avenue, Suite 220, Madison, WI 53703 | taa-madison.org Dear Ms. Weingarten, On January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. President-Elect Biden has the monumental task of restoring a functional government following four years of incompetence under Donald Trump.…
Whereas the US Department of Homeland Security published a proposed rule to eliminate duration of status for F students and their dependents, J exchange visitors and their dependents, and I media representatives in the Federal Register on Friday, September 25, 2020; Whereas this rule would limit the admission period for international students from duration of…