What are the Madison Academic Staff Association (MASA) and the Academic Staff Professional Representation Organization (ASPRO)? How are they related to governance?
MASA is a membership organization that represents the general interests of the academic staff. MASA’s aims are to further the professional status of the academic staff, to share ideas on items of mutual interest relating to professional status, conditions of employment, and compensation, and to establish communications with other identifiable university groups having similar objectives. ASPRO is a nonprofit, professional, membership organization that represents the UW-System academic staff and their interests with the State Legislature, the Governor’s office, the Board of Regents, and the general public. ASPRO is the official lobbying and public relations arm of the academic staff. It is not a union nor does it negotiate or bargain terms of employment.
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