TAA co-president Adrienne Pagac was quoted in a recent article in The American Prospect about union organizing after Wisconsin Act 10 stripped us of the majority of our collective bargaining rights: Adrienne Pagac, co-president of the 3,000-member Teaching Assistants Association, …
A statement from the TAA was read aloud to nearly 10,000 Birmingham Council Unison members on June 30th as they strike against pension and wage cuts. You can read the full letter from the TAA Executive Board and Defend Wisconsin …
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin was not forced out of UW, despite being embroiled in a high-profile battle for flexibility in the face of state funding cuts, according to UW System President Kevin Reilly. Martin, who led an …
WASHINGTON — In February and March, thousands of protesters flooded the Wisconsin Capitol, sleeping in the building overnight and filling the dome with their chants to bring attention to Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) attempt to strip public employees of their …
We Are Wisconsin and other pro-union groups have filed a permit with the city to camp out on parts of Capitol Square from Saturday through June 20 during the Legislature’s budget session. A meeting was set Friday to work out …
During the debate, which was hosted by the Teaching Assistants’ Association, Chancellor Biddy Martin debated with UW System and United Council representatives to advocate the New Badger Partnership, saying the proposal would serve to preserve the campus’s status as an …
The Teaching Assistant Association and United Council invited Chancellor Biddy Martin and 10 other University of Wisconsin affiliates to debate the controversial New Badger Partnership with them Tuesday. The TAA and UC denounced support of the NBP, including the proposal’s …
UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin will face some of her critics during a panel discussion Tuesday about the plan to make the university a public authority. The panel, A Critical Look at the New Badger Partnership, is sponsored by the Teaching …
Graduate students at five other Big Ten schools — and 30 nationwide — have already unionized. As they seek to organize a union for more than 4,000 of their peers, graduate employees at the University of Minnesota have four decades …
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TAA co-president Alex Hanna appeared this morning, April 28, on the “Peanut Gallery” on WSUM 91.7 FM Madison Student Radio to discuss the union’s opposition to Chancellor Biddy Martin’s proposed New Badger Partnership and the public authority model for UW-Madison …