The Capital Times reported on the Rally for Fair Graduate Student Pay: TAA co-president Cynthia Burnson called the administration’s insistence on defining the graduate students as students first “devalues our role as workers and the labor we provide the university. …
Graduate student assistants demand UW-Madison scrap new pay plan READ MORE >>
The Capital Times reported on the Rally for Fair Graduate Student Pay: “I think it’s always a good idea to have students involved. That’s how I operated at my previous institution,” said Karpus, who was a professor of pathology and …
Dean: UW Should Have Consulted Students on Pay Change READ MORE >>
The Wisconsin State Journal reported on the Rally for Fair Graduate Student Pay: Karpus acknowledged that students were not involved in the process of writing the policy, most of which he said happened before he became dean in August. He has …
UW-Madison plans changes to graduate student pay, hours READ MORE >>
Wort Labor Radio reported on the Rally for Fair Graduate Student Pay: What in effect it does is increases disparity amongst graduate student employees by privileging those departments who happen to have those types of money to pay their graduate …
The Badger Herald reported on the Rally for Fair Graduate Student Pay: The association fears some graduate students could potentially lose their jobs due to the restructuring, and they ask for a say in UW’s proposal changes before they are made. …
Teaching Assistants Association organizes rally against UW administration READ MORE >>
The Capital Times reported on the Rally for Fair Graduate Student Pay: In the works since late last year, the proposed changes to graduate student worker compensation — unlike faculty cuts forced by the state’s reduction in funding — are …
UW-Madison teaching assistants to protest against new payment scheme READ MORE >>
Inside Higher Ed reported on the Rally for Fair Graduate Student Pay: Teaching assistants at the University of Wisconsin at Madison are planning to protest next week over a proposed restructuring of their working conditions and compensation. The students say …
The Solidarity Sing Along has been happening every weekday since the capitol occupation in February 2011. Many long-time TAA members have spent many lunch hours singing in the rotunda. In the past three weeks, the Capitol Police have arrested over …
The Wisconsin State Journal covered our decision to forgo state recertification under the provisions of Wisconsin Act 10 (the Budget Repair Bill): “Our members’ concerns go beyond just wages,” Pagac said. “The reason hundreds of thousands people showed up at …
UW-Madison teaching assistants union votes against state certification READ MORE >>
TAA co-president Alex Hanna is currently conducting fieldwork in Egypt. He recently blogged about the experience for the Isthmus’ Daily Page: The comparison between Cairo and Madison has been made on more than one occasion, by high-profile figures from state …