University of Wisconsin teaching assistants are reacting with horror to a bill proposed by state Sen. Tom Reynolds that would eliminate the collective bargaining rights of student assistants employed by the UW System.
Current law expressly guarantees the right of self-organization and collective bargaining to program, project and teaching assistants employed by the UW System. There are separate bargaining units for UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee, as well as a separate unit that represents the other campuses.