The next General Membership Meeting of the union, the last for the 2009 fall semester, will take place on December 3rd at 5:30 PM at the Pres House. General Membership Meetings, or GMMs, are where we make decisions as a …
We are holding another “Basics & Beyond” union workshop this coming Tuesday. On November 10th, at 5 PM at the TAA office. If you have not yet been able to make it to a union workshop this year, whether you …
On Thursday, November 19th at 7:30 PM, our Political Education Committee will be meeting to work on political action projects for the 2009-2010 academic year and the 2010 elections. Consider yourself invited! With questions or to RSVP, please contact Political …
One Contract Down, One More To GoWith the ratification of our 2007-2009 contract, bargaining for the 2009-2011 contract is already upon us. This new contract to be bargained will not only set wages, benefits, standards for workplace treatment and a …
TAA Leaders Meet With Chancellor On Monday About Contract, Other Union Stuff READ MORE >>
This past week, delegates from the TAA attended and participated in the AFT-Wisconsin convention. As we noted earlier last week, being a part of a broader labor movement, including our state federation of unions, is a really important part of …
Our union is working through the end of the fall semester to organize across campus in order to engage grad student workers around the work of the union. Among some of the issues around which we need to engage our …
Organizine In Your Department (Or Across Campus) READ MORE >>
Two members of our union submitted this piece to be circulated among our membership as a primer on the proposed restructuring of the Graduate School. As this greatly affects grad student workers, our union will continue staying on top of …
There are a lot of reasons that the TAA is a unique union with an important role to play in the overall labor movement, the academic labor movement, and the grad labor movement. For example, we were the first grad …
Calling All Union Activists – Especially New Ones! READ MORE >>
As part of a larger labor movement and as a local of a larger union federation, the TAA believes that it is important to work with our brothers and sisters in the House of Labor. In addition to sending delegates …
After a long wait, the 2007-2009 TAA contract will be signed this Wednesday! Last week, both houses of the state legislature overwhelmingly voted to ratify our contract. On Wednesday, the governor will sign the bill that is our contract into …