TAA Executive Board Response to Graduate Worker “Pay Raise”
TAA Executive Board Supports the Harvard Graduate Student Union Strike
The TAA Executive Board signed onto the Harvard Graduate Student Union (HGSU-UAW) Community Strike Support Letter, which will be delivered to the Harvard University administration. We stand in solidarity with the Harvard student workers as they strike for fair compensation that adequately reflects the cost of living and inflation, real protections against all forms of…
DetailsTAA Signs onto Higher Ed Labor United Vision Platform
At the General Membership Meeting on September 20, 2021, TAA members voted to endorse the Higher Ed Labor United Vision Platform. Higher Ed Labor United is a national coalition of unions organizing to transform higher education. The TAA supports their vision for higher education: “We envision a future in which higher education is treated and…
DetailsTAA Presidential Transition and Special Election Results
We are writing to let you know Miranda Alksnis stepped down as TAA co-president on August 16th, 2021 for mental health reasons. Two years of Zoom TAA work has taken a toll on all of us, and we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who stepped up during this pandemic to support…
DetailsTAA Signs Petition Urging AFT to Disaffiliate From Cop Unions
The TAA signed the “Call on the AFT to Disaffiliate From Cop Unions” petition, written by members of two AFT caucuses: RAFT at Temple University and RAFA at City University of New York. The petition “demand[s] that organized labor cease its collaboration with, and support for, the repressive state apparatus in the form of police…
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TAA endorses Benji Ramirez Gomez for Madison Common Council, District 2
Statement on the TAA Endorsement of Benji Ramirez Gomez for Madison Common Council, District 2 The Teaching Assistants’ Association endorsed Benji Ramirez Gomez in their race for Madison Common Council District 2 alder during our February General Membership Meeting. Ramirez Gomez grew up on Madison’s Northside, was introduced to city politics through the protest community,…
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TAA endorses Juliana Bennett for Madison Common Council, District 8
Statement on the TAA Endorsement of Juliana Bennett for Madison Common Council, District 8 The Teaching Assistants’ Association endorsed Juliana Bennett in her race for Madison Common Council District 8 alder during our February General Membership Meeting. Bennett is one of the co-founders of the UW-Madison BIPOC Coalition, through which she has worked with the…
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