Statement by the Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA) of UW-Madison The Teaching Assistants’ Association, the union for UW-Madison Graduate Workers, welcomed the news that Dane County Circuit Court has struck the limitations on collective bargaining in Act 10. We are still …
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The Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA) has endorsed Nicki Vander Meulen in the race for Wisconsin Assembly District 76. While a few candidates in this race align with the TAA’s political platform, the TAA—as the labor union for graduate workers at …
TAA endorses Nicki Vander Meulen in race for Wisconsin Assembly District 76! READ MORE >>
UW-Madison administrators left a meeting with TAA members and called the police to remove them from the meeting room after reaffirming the university’s stance to deny graduate workers basic workplace rights. Police officers arrived 30 minutes after the meeting started and …
Graduate School Dean Walks Out from a Meeting and Calls Police on Graduate Workers READ MORE >>
PRESS RELEASE: Graduate Workers Call for April 5 Sit-In for a Living Wage, Full Fee Relief, Quality Policies, and Workplace Democracy Event info: Friday, April 5, 10 am — 1 pm 500 Lincoln Drive Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, …
On behalf of your graduate student union, welcome back to campus (and hopefully to warmer weather ahead!). We are thrilled to have opened this semester with news of a 8.99% pay increase for Teaching Assistants next year. Your colleagues worked …
Earlier this week, the UW–Madison Bursar Office posted a new policy for how Graduate Assistants pay their segregated fees. The Teaching Assistants’ Association Executive Board recognizes that this policy puts fees first and graduate workers second. While respecting the demand …
TAA Executive Board: New UW-Madison Segregated Fee Policy Inadequate READ MORE >>
The TAA is pleased to announce our endorsement of the following candidates for the Spring Primary and General Elections: Tim Burns, Wisconsin Supreme Court Marilyn Townsend, Dane County Circuit Court Branch 1 Britt Cudaback, Dane County Board District 6 …
The Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures (GAPP) Committee met for the second time last Tuesday. During this meeting, the committee began to go through the 2009 contract, section by section, to create a set of policies and procedures for all …
Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures Update: July 2017 READ MORE >>
Thank you to the graduate workers who attended the first Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures (GAPP) Committee meeting last week! With this demonstrated interest, the graduate representatives on the committee were successful in securing that future meetings will be open …
Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures Update: June 2017 READ MORE >>