TAA - Graduate Worker Union of UW-Madison

02/09/2024

Join us on Valentine’s Day to tell UW Chancellor Mnookin that UW Madison graduate students, faculty, and staff demand 12 weeks of paid leave. Our paid leave petition now has over 600 signatures - we will be delivering our petition in person at 4pm on the 14th to the Chancellor’s office. Since it’s Valentine’s day, we have handwritten dozens of Valentines with stories from UW grad students and employees about trying to get paid leave at UW. Join us! Also, if you would to read the petition and sign on here’s the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiHQQEfR7DTKwZ5q2jomvZnA9Tm9KXO--IXvHoRKpeKC7J1w/viewform?pli=1

11/30/2023

We are excited to announce that a lawsuit was filed today on behalf of the TAA and other public employee unions challenging Act 10, an anti-union law in Wisconsin. We will be holding a town hall soon to discuss the lawsuit and our organizing efforts - look out for details to come!

09/20/2023

Our next General Membership Meeting will be September 26th, 5pm at Memorial Union (see display for room number). You can RSVP at the link in our bio - come get involved in the union and learn about current initiatives!

08/23/2023

Hi UW Grad Students! Get to know your union at the TAA Welcome Social on Sep. 8th 4-7pm at the Eagle Heights shelter & enjoy free dinner catered by Estacion Inka (a local Peruvian restaurant). RSVP using the QR code or the linktree link in our bio.

07/06/2023

We are having a picnic July 14th at 4pm in Brittingham Park! RSVP at the link in our linktree in our bio. See you there!

[alt text: stylized text reads "July 14th Grad Worker & Madison Community Picnic!" An arrow points from the text to the location of Brittingham Park Shelter on a map. Event details read: "4 pm til evening at Brittingham Park Shelter. Food will be provided. You'll provide the vibes. Bring your favorite people!" A QR code of a hyperlink to the RSVP form resides on the bottom left.]

05/01/2023

UW-Madison currently does not have a standardized policy for paid family and medical leave. Governor Tony Evers has proposed 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave as a part of his state budget plan for this year; however, there is no guarantee that this provision will be included in the final version of the budget. As such, the campus labor unions at UW-Madison have put together this open letter to Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin urging her to adopt a 12 week paid family & medical leave policy for all UW Madison employees. You can read the letter here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sHLa5JVlpHpjGSeb6VAnnCAZpy5fuLkVMHZAF9Cj35M/edit?usp=sharing

If you are interested in signing on to the letter, please click here: https://forms.gle/fGfQW25L256P33td8.

Dear Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Governor Tony Evers has proposed 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave as a part of the 2023-2025 biennial state budget. We, the UW-Madison workers’ labor unions, are writing this letter to urge you to commit to including 12 weeks of paid family and medica...

10/28/2022

TAA member Maddie Topf will be on
WORT FM tonight at 5:30pm to talk about her organizing efforts! Tune in here: https://wortfm.org/listen-live/ and read & sign on to her organizing letter here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hXqLmwIzoswDa4QLk7juAoU-oR9KOTAJOcYeJv2-HyQ/edit.

09/22/2022

This Friday Sept. 23 at 4pm, join your colleagues and fellow organizers on the Terrace for a union happy hour! Grads, friends, family, and unionists from across Madison are welcome. Watch for the rainbow TAA banner! 🌈

09/09/2022

The TAA stands in solidarity with the UW Nurses as they demand safe, quality patient care and bargaining rights for their union! Read our letter to UW Hospital administrators here:

Letter to the UW Hospital Administration Demanding Nurse Union Recognition TAA-Madison Posted on August 30, 2022 Posted in Solidarity, TAA Statements Tagged with nurses, Solidarity

09/03/2022

Not even our bosses can keep us from getting together– a little rain is nothing! If you’ve never been to James Madison Park before, there’s a rain shelter for those of us who’d rather stay dry, but it’s not a bad idea to bring a towel or umbrella.

Remember: 4pm–late @ James Madison Park! Can't wait to see you 💖