The official twitter feed of The Teaching Assistants Union (TAU-AFT 1729) at Western Michigan University #Unions4All #UnionStrong #Solidarity
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And not just recent pleas, but ones made during the first few months of @ProfessorJVH’s time at WMU. @PIOatWMU @WMUAAUP
@ProfessorJVH relying on labor-hostile lawyers despite the ongoing pleas from all our academic labor unions-@TAUAFT, @PIOatWMU, & @WMUAAUP-about the abuse being directed at employees. Could someone please explain to him that actions speak louder than words? @AAUP @AFT @chronicle
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Happy Labor Day from America's labor movement!
Today we celebrate how far we've come. Tomorrow we keep demanding better.
#ItsBetterInAUnion
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TAU @ WMU retweeted
22 Aug 2023
BREAKING: Grad Workers Vote for Tentative Agreement (TA) with U-M
Winning a living wage for most PhD students and major gains in harassment protections, police abolition, and parent & transgender grad care, the TA is a testament to the power of our strike.
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TAU @ WMU retweeted
20 Apr 2023
well. @UMich has officially docked all pay but $100 for april from its grad workers, putting many of us in a position of dangerous financial precarity. friends/allies, please consider donating to @geo3550 strike fund at givebutter.com/GEOStrikeFund. we need all the help we can get ✊
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Proof that you *can* lead an academic institution with integrity while supporting the people that make the university run!
@WMUAAUP @PIOatWMU @WesternMichU @WesternHerald @AFTunion @geo3550 @UMich
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Looking forward to connecting with our @TAUAFT and @PIOatWMU colleagues today. When we stand together in solidarity and fight, our students win! @aftmichigan @AAUP @geo3550 @ruaaup @AFTunion @WesternMichU @afscmemichigan @ProgressMich #PhD #AcademicChatter
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Good morning to everyone at @UMich EXCEPT those that are working to further promote systemic inequities and trying to break the strike.
Enjoy the sun on the line today friends 🌞😎
13 Apr 2023
We will win a living wage and a fair contract.
@UMich can do the right thing now, save the costs of its failed strikebreaking attempts, and stop the ongoing disruption to the education of almost 50,000 students.
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TAU @ WMU retweeted
11 Apr 2023
It is **illegal** for public employees in Michigan to strike, yet a judge has just refused to issue an injunction against @geo3550's strike .
What's going on?
One of my biggest hobbyhorses is that labor folks should get the words "can" and "can't" out of their vocabulary.
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10 Apr 2023
INJUNCTION DENIED
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TAU @ WMU retweeted
11 Apr 2023
A judge has now ruled twice against the University of Michigan’s efforts to force striking graduate students back to work.
Judge Carol Kuhnke declined to issue a restraining order or grant a preliminary injunction against the 2,000 grad students of @geo3550 who are on strike.
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Absolutely unacceptable and gross. Employee concerns are to be listened to, not crushed with legal action. @WMUAAUP @PIOatWMU @WesternMichU @WesternHerald @geo3550
10 Apr 2023
Today in court after admitting they were only able to find a single undergrad to testify in their favor, @UMich’s lawyers compared GEO’s strike to domestic violence. Comparing striking grad workers to domestic abusers is completely reprehensible. 🧵1/4
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Incredible news for our colleagues in @geo3550 and a huge win for labor more broadly! Hold the line!
10 Apr 2023
INJUNCTION DENIED
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Got a few minutes to spare today? Make a quick call to support our friends in @geo3550!
It’s more important now than ever that universities in Michigan, like @UMich and @WesternMichU listen to the reasonable demands of graduate workers to be treated with dignity and respect.
7 Apr 2023
⚡️☎️ PHONE ZAP ☎️⚡️
Starting tomorrow (Friday) morning - call to tell Academic HR (734-763-8938) and Provost Laurie McCauley (734-764-9290) to drop the attestation forms and all strike-breaking tactics.
Call multiple times and call often. #RingRingFairContract 1/2
![Image of purple minion screaming from a handheld phone. Text reads: PHONE ZAP
Fri April 7, starting 9 AM
Call Academic HR and Provost McCauley [large font]
Drop the attestation forms and all strike-breaking tactics.
HR: (734) 763-8938
Provost Laurie McCauley
Laurie's office: (734) 764-9290,
Laurie's landline:
Lindsey, Laurie's assistant: (734) 764-9292
Renee Reiff-Schram, admin assistant senior: (734) 615-0874
Sarah Blair: (734) 764-0475 or (734) 764-0747
James Hilton: (734) 764-7692](https://venexa.site/media/FtFLOx1WwAMkMVV.jpg)
ALT Image of purple minion screaming from a handheld phone. Text reads: PHONE ZAP Fri April 7, starting 9 AM Call Academic HR and Provost McCauley [large font] Drop the attestation forms and all strike-breaking tactics. HR: (734) 763-8938 Provost Laurie McCauley Laurie's office: (734) 764-9290, Laurie's landline: Lindsey, Laurie's assistant: (734) 764-9292 Renee Reiff-Schram, admin assistant senior: (734) 615-0874 Sarah Blair: (734) 764-0475 or (734) 764-0747 James Hilton: (734) 764-7692
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The writing should be on the walls for @WesternMichU: Grad students deserve to be taken seriously and listened to, not lawyered up against. @WMUAAUP @geo3550 @wwmtnews @WesternHerald
It’s time for universities like @UMich and @WesternMichU to be responsive to faculty and grad students instead of calling on “the law” to deal with them @AAUP @geo3550 @MLive @wwmtnews @AFTHigherEd thewmuaaup.com/2023/04/05/wm…
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We stand in solidarity with our colleagues in @geo3550 and call on @UMich to provide a living wage for grad employees now!!! 24k is shameful and disrespectful to its core.
28 Mar 2023
Tonight our members moved to STRIKE! Join us on the Diag this WEDNESDAY at 10:24 AM as we WALK OUT and walk away from $24K—we’re striking for a living wage! When we stand together, we stand strong!
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TAU @ WMU retweeted
3 Oct 2022
October 3rd-7th, is MENTAL HEALTH WEEK!
@WMUAAUP @TAUAFT @PIOatWMU @WesternHerald @wmuk1021 @WesternMichU
ALT Flyer announcing WMU's Western Student Association's Mental Health Week. For more info https://www.facebook.com/WMUSGA/
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