February 18 General Membership Email: Title IX, Contract Enforcement Training, Spring Primary, Cocoa at Bascom
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Author: TAA UW-Madison
February 8, 2019 Anti-Foxconn Banner Drop
Do you have any thought on the UW-Foxconn deal? On the morning of February 8, the TAA caucus–”UW Foxhounds”–orchestrated a banner drop preceding the Board of Regents meeting at Union South. The deal was not just an “employment opportunity” or “potential …
February 7 2019 Political Education Committee (PEC) Phone Banking
On February 7, 2019, TAA members turned out to phone bank for Satya Rhodes-Conway for mayor, Ali Muldrow for school board seat 4, and Amanda Mirilli for school board seat 5. The membership of the Teaching Assistant’s Association has voted …
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How we won the TA raise, and the fight ahead
We stand in solidarity with workers all around the world.
On behalf of your graduate student union, welcome back to campus (and hopefully to warmer weather ahead!). We are thrilled to have opened this semester with news of a 8.99% pay increase for Teaching Assistants next year. Your colleagues worked …
February 6, 2019 Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures (GAPP) Update
The February 6th Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures (GAPP) meeting was fiery and eventful. We are still working toward a mutual solution regarding the number of days graduate assistants have to file a grievance. Administrators are advocating for 30 days …
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January 31, 2019 Political Education Committee (PEC) Update: Mayoral Race Endorsements
The Political Education Committee (PEC) met on Thursday to discuss the upcoming primary election for Madison’s Mayor on February 19, 2019. PEC members discussed building on the success of our midterm canvassing and voter turnout efforts by endorsing a candidate in …
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January 27, 2019 National Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action: Jesse Hagopian
Last Sunday, over 200 Madison educators and community members gathered at Edgewood College to learn from Jesse Hagopian, public school teacher in Seattle and co-founder of the National Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, for a talk titled …
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January 24, 2019: Title IX Update
Thank you to all the graduate students and members of the TAA who turned out to the Title IX comment writing parties this week. Together we contributed to the 70,000+ comments that the DeVos-run Department of Education must address before …
