We’re proud to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their allies against the DAPL! The resolution was passed at the TAA’s General Membership Meeting on October 19, 2016. You can read the entire resolution below or click …
TAA Resolution in Solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe READ MORE >>
Come join your fellow TAA members and watch the presidential debates at Argus Bar. Hosted by the Political Education Committee, the first drink for any TAA member is free! Debate Viewing Party I: Monday, September 26 at 7 PM Argus Bar …
We have a lot going on as the new semester starts up. Be sure to check our Facebook page for upcoming events and updates, but in the meantime, keep these events in mind.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UW-Madison Union of Graduate Student Workers (TAA) Endorses BDS Movement Madison, WI (May 19, 2016): Members of the Teaching Assistants’ Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison vote overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution to divest from the State …
UNINTIMIDATED: Wisconsin Musicians Against Scott Walker is a CD and DVD project featuring 16 bands and their anti-Scott Walker protest songs. In August of 2015, 13 of these bands each had two hours to bang out a song at Howl …
Unintimidated: WI Musicians Against Scott Walker (April 8) READ MORE >>
Please join us for the TAA Play Day, a chance for grad student parents (or parents-to-be) and their kids to get together! Coffee, bagels, kid-friendly snacks, and toys will be provided. TAA Play Day Sunday, March 6th 9:30-11:30AM Wilmar Center, …
The Badger Herald reported on the Graduate School’s proposed new pay structure for graduate assistants: “We are very committed to paying competitive wages for graduate students, even in difficult budget times,” Blank said. “We know we are underpaying our graduate …
Faculty Senate Approves Tenure Policy, Concerned by Grad Pay Restructuring READ MORE >>
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on the Graduate School’s proposed new pay structure for graduate assistants: When one of America’s first graduate-student unions was recognized at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, in 1969, organizers embraced a key principle: …
Wisconsin Grad Workers Want Pay Parity Across Disciplines READ MORE >>
The TAA International Student Caucus has been hard at work in pushing back against administration’s arbitrary international student fee, introduced just this summer. They’ve created a petition calling on UW-Madison administrators to rescind this fee and respect the important contributions …
Sign the petition to rescind new International Student Fees! READ MORE >>
The Wisconsin Gazette reported on the Rally for Fair Graduate Student Pay: Concerned about the effect the new proposal will have on departments across campus, Brooks said, “When the administration pushes through policy changes like this, without graduate student input, …
UW-Madison delays changes to teaching pay for grad students READ MORE >>