Stewards & Organizers Portal

TAA is an organizing union — while AFT-Wisconsin staff provide essential knowledge, support, and experience, our union is what we as graduate workers do.

All members gather monthly at General Membership Meetings (GMMs), but stewards are the essential day-to-day connection between members and the broader union. Stewards meet twice monthly, and work between meetings to make sure that the TAA’s work reflects members’ needs and that members know what’s happening in the broader union.

☞ To join a StewCo or General Membership Meeting, check out our member calendar! ☜

Stewards (as well as anyone wanting to learn more about the union or get involved) may find the following resources useful:

• ℹ️ About the TAA: This page includes a printable pamphlet with information about that semester’s meetings and other ways to get involved. For posterity, an editable version of that pamphlet lives here.
• 🗳️ Organizing Survey: This survey is intended for use on walkthroughs to turn a 1:1 conversation between an organizer and their fellow worker into action, but feel free to fill it out yourself if you haven’t yet! — There’s also a printable flyer here [pdf] with a QR code linking to the survey and our events page.
• 📋 Walkthrough Guide/FAQs: A guide for stewards on walkthroughs, including for asking the questions on the organizing survey. For feedback, contact your StewCo chairs at stewco.chair@taa-madison.org
• 💬 Announcement Channel on Signal: Signal is an encrypted messenger app that many TAA members and organizers use for communication. Join this channel for updates about meetings and actions by TAA and friends.
• 📬 TAA Events & Updates Emails: Add your email to this form to get emailed updates about TAA meetings and actions.
• ✊ Join here or learn about our dues here.