Members of the teaching assistants’ union, and supporters, at Western Michigan University rallied on campus Monday afternoon as contract negotiations began.
T.A.U. president Thomas Fisher says among other things the union will fight for higher wages for T.A.’s.
He says administrators have a chance, at the bargaining table, to show they value all Western instructors.
"So we hope that they will rise to that opportunity and really show us that hey, we’ve been listening to you for the past several months when you’ve voiced concerns about how money is spent at Western, how COVID protocols were considered and who was involved in those discussions. So this is their chance to behave in line with the things that they’ve told us."
The T.A.U. says it represents more than 450 teaching assistants.
