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University of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin

On October 31, 2001, the Teaching Assistants' Association (AFT 3220) will be astonishing, shocking, and bewildering campus passers-by with the TAA FREAK SHOW! Undergraduates, faculty, and administrators won't believe their eyes when they witness the spectacle of...

-- The World's Smallest and Most Overcrowded Office!
-- The Tiniest Pay Raise Ever!
-- The Oldest Limited Term Employee On The Planet!
-- The Tattooed TA!

       (and more!)

The Freak Show will be hosted by an old-fashioned carnival barker, who will entice people to step right up and view the oddities on display. His assistant, wearing a fez and playing a little accordion, will inform onlookers of the truth behind the "freaks."

For example, a pay raise that doesn't meet inflation is actually a pay cut -- which is why a volunteer from the audience won't be able to see a thing inside the large jar that "contains" the pay raise.

The Oldest Limited Term Employee can't die until after she can retire -- and has been working on a "limited" term contract
for decades with neither health insurance nor retirement benefits, let alone a decent wage.

And the Tattooed TA? His arms are covered not with actual
tattoos, but with notes to himself about all of his meetings with students
-- he carries the bulk of the teaching on campus, and is too overworked to write his appointments in a datebook.

Admission to the Freak Show is FREE -- but it's not for the weak of heart, or for those with a strong sense of equity and justice!

We're also co-sponsoring Michael Moore's talk with the Madison Area Technical College Part-time Faculty Union, and will be distributing buttons and stickers to our members.

Contact: Shawnee Parsil, (608) 256-4375
                           shawnee@chorus.net

Teaching Assistants' Association (AFT 3220), Staff Organizer