January 21, 2019 General Membership Email: Welcome Back! TAA Happy Hour, Updates On Mandatory Fees, And More!
Read the full GME here.
Author: TAA UW-Madison
Mandatory Fees Update: January 17
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. …
Anti-Foxconn Update: Jan 16
The Anti-Foxconn Caucus met to strategize around upcoming events concerning Foxconn’s presence on the UW campus, as well as our broader goals for organizing, media, and outreach. We will begin preparing questions for the upcoming Board of Regents meeting, as …
Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures (GAPP) Update: Jan 16
On January 16, 2019, the GAPP committee had our first meeting of the semester. During the meeting, Human Resources conveyed that they don’t receive graduate assistant (GA) grievances, and so believe that grievances are resolved. To the TAA, which often …
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Resolution: TAA Resolution against Foxconn’s access to University of Wisconsin’s Intellectual Labor
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Faculty Senate Passes Mandatory Fee Resolution
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 …
Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures (GAPP) Update: Dec 6th
On Dec 6th the GAPP Committee worked on sections E -H of Section 1 and began discussion of Grievance Steps of Section 2. In this meeting, the TAA proposed changing the 30 day window (in Article 4, Section 1F) to …
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TAA Protests Lame Duck Laws
Angered by Wisconsin’s new lame-duck laws? On December 3 2018, TAA members protested at the Capitol and attended twilight hearings shortly before the legislation passed in December. But the fight isn’t over yet! The Political Education Committee is working with …
Nov 30, 2018 General Membership E-mail: GMM agenda, campus and community events
Read the full GME and GMM agenda here.