As the campaign to organize UW academic staff and faculty gains momentum, AFT-Wisconsin, TAUWP's parent union, has developed printed and electronic resources to address questions and concerns about academic unionization. The AFT-W Higher Education website offers a wealth of resources, including links to higher education unions throughout the nation, fact sheets and FAQs specific to both faculty and academic staff and information about collective bargaining and shared governance. Check back often for new content!

In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.