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 …
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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 …
General Membership Meeting This Thursday!
Our final General Membership Meeting of the semester is coming up this Thursday, December 3rd. It will be at 5:30 PM at the Pres House off of Library Mall. If you have any questions, just shoot us an email. Here’s …
TAA 2007-2009 Contract Summary
Our Vice President of Bargaining Kevin Gibbons and bargaining staffer Rob Henn put together a fact-sheet for the new 2009-2011 contract. Take a look below and let us know if you have any questions or if you’d like to receive …
Student Labor Solidarity Achieving Results, Undergrad Version
The contemporary labor movement is diverse. We include factory and construction workers, as well as service sector, low-wage, and immigrant workers. We include professionals like doctors, nurses, lawyers, and dentists (many of whom are in unions affiliated with our own …
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TAA Constitution Revision: Non-Discrimination Clause
One piece of the TAA Constitution is up for review at the next General Membership Meeting on December 3rd. Making decisions on our Constitution, the union’s core governing document, is a really important job for all union members. So you …
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Grad Student Workers Unite!
I. UIUC GEO On Strike Earlier this week, the grad student workers at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign and their union the Graduate Employees’ Organization went out on strike. After months of stagnating negotiations where the administration refused to budge on …
TAA Political Platform
From a previous entry here on our website: The democratic political process impacts us tremendously. So we must impact it. Political action is one of the most important ways that our union advances our interests, our agenda, and our well-being. …