A year later, in praise of the TAA

When Gov. Scott Walker attacked collective bargaining rights a year ago, many unions and union members were in shock. The oldest graduate student union in the world (now an American Federation of Teachers affiliate) “got it” immediately. Within hours of the governor?s announcement, the TAA declared: “What we do in the next five days will determine whether we keep our union, and our professional lives as educators, researchers, and public servants.”TAA members were front and center at the first rallies on campus, and the led the first great march into the state Capitol on Feb. 14.