Members of the Teaching Assistants’ Association gripped posters and picket signs on top of a blustery Bascom Hill Wednesday, chanting “We are the TAA, we deserve fair grad pay.”
The first graduate student employee union in the nation, TAA formed in 1966 due to a lack of representation in educational policy.
UW-Madison administration announced a new policy Tuesday that will adjust the rate of pay to set a stipend amount for research assistants.