At our general membership meeting on February 11, the membership voted to adopt an amended version of the Executive Board’s recommended policy toward the Rec Sports Master Plan. Here is the full policy as amended and passed by the membership. Members amended the …
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the climate on campus, the TAA’s Diversity Committee has compiled a list of diversity resources for TAs. Please see the list here, and if you know of a resource that is missing, …
TAA members worked tirelessly this past year on the Pay Us Back! Campaign. We mobilized members for actions like the petition to administration and the Grade In for the Grader Good, and we worked with faculty to get department resolutions …
Chancellor Ward still refuses to cut the contract with Palermo’s Pizza, which is in violation of UW’s Labor Code of Conduct, but when students peacefully occupied his office in protest, he had them arrested. They are now being charged with …
Fighting Forward 2013: A Labor and Working Class Summit June 12-15, Madison College Downtown Campus, Madison, WI A Working Class Studies Association national conference, hosted by the Labor and Working Class Studies Project The Fighting Forward conference brings together labor …
Send an email to Vice Chancellor Darrell Bazzell demanding a raise for graduate employees It’s not just you. Grad employee earnings are getting tougher and tougher to survive on. Between the ever-climbing seg fees, our growing health care contributions, and …
On Huffpost Live, Co-President of the TAA, Charity Schmidt, joined the filmakers and Lisa Graves of The Center for Media and Democracy to discuss the role of the Koch brothers in Wisconsin Politics, the outrage that was sparked by their …
New Film 'Citizen Koch' Highlights the Wisconsin Uprising READ MORE >>
Read the most updated version of the TAA’s concerns (and suggested changes) with HR Design here.
Last year Governor Scott Walker told billionaire Diane Hendricks that the first step toward turning Wisconsin into a right-to-work state was to destroy collective bargaining rights for public workers. Once workers in state institutions have no more decision making powers, …
UW-Madison Takes the Low Road in Overhauling Employment Policies READ MORE >>