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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Student Labor Solidarity Achieving Results, Undergrad Version READ MORE >>
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 …
TAA Constitution Revision: Non-Discrimination Clause READ MORE >>
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. …
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 …
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 …