Teaching Assistants' Association
UW- Madison

Press Center

• Basic Facts
• Membership numbers
• Who the Co-Presidents are
• Affiliations with Other Organizations
• Press Releases
• Press on the TAA
• Press Contacts

Basic Facts

Membership Numbers

The Teaching Assistants Association is the union of roughly 2,700 graduate student workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We represent teaching, project, and program assistants.

Who the Co-Presidents are

Peter Rickman and Katie Lindstrom are the recently-elected Co-Presidents of the TAA. Stay tuned for more information.

Affiliations with Other Organizations

The TAA is part of a national and international labor community, and as such we are associated with and are active members in a variety of organizations. As an American Federation of Teachers (AFT) local we pay dues to and enjoy the benefits of belonging to both the state and national AFT federations and the AFL-CIO. The TAA also takes an active role in various organizations focusing on higher education issues.

American Federation of Teacher (AFT) Affiliations

• AFT National
• Alliance of Graduate Employee Locals (AGEL)
• AFT-Wisconsin
• AFT-Wisconsin Graduate Council

AFL-CIO

• South Central Federation of Labor (SCFL)
• Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
• AFL-CIO National

Other Organizations

• Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions (CGEU)

Press Releases

Press on the TAA

This link will take you to all news articles on Madison.com that refer to the TAA.

Press Contacts

Co-Presidents:

Peter Rickman - 920.284.4710

Katie Lindstrom - 608.216.6757