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October 9, 2017 — The UW Worker Bill of Rights was drafted by the AFT-Wisconsin Higher Education Council, which includes representatives from UFAS and other American Federation of Teachers higher ed locals throughout the UW System. We thank UFAS Vice President Parthy Schachter and Compensation & Benefits Committee chairperson Anna Paretskaya, who were closely involved in that work.

June 25, 2017 — UFAS president commends Joint Finance Committee for approving a much-needed raise for UW System employees but voices union's concerns: "The most effective way to foster loyalty to the University of Wisconsin is to give employees a modicum of job security, a voice in their workplace, and a share in the institution’s power."

Click here to read the full article in the Wisconsin State Journal.

April 7, 2017 — Workers Independent News / 89.9 WORT FM interviewed UFAS members Jambul Akkaziev and Alyssa Franze on Friday, April 7, 2017, about recent victories in the union’s Fair Pay for Faculty Assistants campaign. You can listen to the interview here. The interview starts at about 11:45.

April 3, 2017 — Three weeks after the UW-Madison Academic Staff Assembly overwhelmingly voted to adopt our resolution on fair pay for Faculty Assistants, the Faculty Senate voted overwhelmingly—in the presence of the chancellor and over the opposition of some members of the University Committee—to adopt a virtually identical resolution. With these two electrifying victories and previous endorsements by the ASM and TAA, the students, graduate employees, academic staff, and faculty of this university solidly and publicly support our campaign.