Humanities NOW hosted a panel of experts to discuss the role of public universities and academic freedom amid a controversial “DEI deal.” “There were many faculty that I spoke to that were outraged, and continue …
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Generations of Change: Labor Migration, Settlement, and Social Transformation
School for Workers Professor Armando Ibarra is speaking at the Madison Rotary Club on April 10, 2024 on the generations of change. As one of the 10 largest clubs within Rotary International, Rotary Club of …
Steward Workshop hosted by SCFL
South Central Federation of Labor and School for Workers has partnered to offer a Steward Workshop on April 13, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Madison Labor Temple. This workshop is for …
Economic Report of the President
In the recently released Economic Report of the President, the report Unlawful, co-authored by Assistant Professor Lola Loustaunau was cited. The data show that U.S. employers are willing to use a wide range of legal …
Trapped on Wisconsin farms: The hidden plight of trafficked workers
More than 10,000 undocumented immigrant workers perform an estimated 70% of the labor on Wisconsin dairy farms, according to an April 2023 survey by the School for Workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Despite increasingly …
Registration is extended for Building Strength and Involvement institute
Register now Do you wish you had more members actively involved in the work of the union? Membership involvement is the key to union strength, whether in contract negotiations or in solving workplace issues and …
Announcing special event Humanities NOW: Public Universities, Legislatures, and Academic Freedom
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 @ 5:30 p.m. | Elvehjem Building, Room L140 | Free and open to all
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin workers vote to unionize
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Workers voted to unionize on Feb. 8, according to the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Healthcare Professionals website. “When healthcare professionals are organizing, what they’re doing is creating a democratic structure within …
A look at Wisconsin’s labor union trends in the shadow of Act 10
The number of labor union members in Wisconsin decreased between 1983 and 2022, with a slightly steeper plummet 2010 onwards, according to data. “Wisconsin was actually the first state in the nation that legalized public …
Black History Month | Remembering Hilton Hanna
Hilton E. Hanna arrived in Madison in 1934 and over the next several decades, he became a key figure in the city’s civil rights and labor movements.