Union Workshop Tuesday!
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 …
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Building Our Political Program
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 …
TAA Leaders Meet With Chancellor On Monday About Contract, Other Union Stuff
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 …
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AFT-Wisconsin Convention Round-Up
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 …
Organizine In Your Department (Or Across Campus)
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 …
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Restructuring the Graduate School
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 …
Calling All Union Activists – Especially New Ones!
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 …
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AFT-Wisconsin Convention This Week
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 …
TAA Contract Being Signed On Wednesday!
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 …
Contract Victory!
We bring you one piece of excellent news: The 2007-2009 TAA Contract has been approved by the state government! Earlier this week, both the state Senate and Assembly overwhelmingly voted to approve legislation ratifying our contract. Next Wednesday morning, the …