Registration is now open for the School for Workers’ 26–27 institutes. New this year, participants can register for both fall 2026 and spring 2027 programs now. Our residential institutes offer university-level education on labor issues, …
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Faculty present workshops at the 2026 Labor Notes Conference
Four faculty members represented the department at the 2026 Labor Notes Conference, one of the nation’s leading gatherings of union activists, labor educators, and worker-organizers. Through workshops and panel discussions, they shared expertise on organizing, …
Wisconsin Farmers Union: Event: Chapters collaborate with Milwaukee Area Labor Council for event centered around immigration and dairy
The Milwaukee-Waukesha and Dodge-Fond du Lac-Sheboygan-Ozaukee Chapters of Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) are collaborating with the Milwaukee Area Labor Council for a double feature film screening and panel discussion about immigration and dairy. They invite workers, farmers, and community members …
Film screening and discussion of Los Lecheros: Undocumented in America’s Dairyland
Join Assistant Professor Lola Loustaunau this Sunday, April 26, for a powerful screening and discussion of Los Lecheros: Undocumented in America’s Dairyland, a documentary exploring the realities faced by undocumented dairy workers in Wisconsin. Event …
Dr. Lola Loustaunau to deliver keynote at Anthropology 690 Student Conference
Dr. Lola Loustaunau will deliver the keynote address for the Anthropology 690 Student Conference: Ethnographic Approaches to Migration on Wednesday, April 29. The two‑day, end‑of‑semester conference is organized by Dr. Leonie Schulte and graduate students …
Labor Forward joins the national momentum of Labor Spring 2026
This April, the School for Workers’ Labor Forward forum is proud to be part of Labor Spring 2026, a nationwide movement bringing together workers, students, educators, unionists, and community allies to advance workplace justice, racial …
A Republican Farmer Relies on Immigrant Work. He Sees His Party Erasing It.
For 20 years, Tim O’Harrow has asked lawmakers to acknowledge that America’s food supply depends on immigrants. Politics went in the other direction…A 2023 study by the School for Workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison …
Wisconsin fallout from Cesar Chavez investigation
Earlier this month a New York Times investigation revealed labor activist Cesar Chavez as a sexual predator. Momentos of Chavez are spread across Wisconsin on street signs and school billboards. A panel of guests talk …
UFW advocates for farmworkers, but represents fewer now than during Chavez’s era
Most farmworkers in the United States today aren’t represented by labor unions, but United Farm Workers is known by many as their voice…But UFW has been a much bigger voice for farmworkers on issues of …
New faculty publication: Lola Loustaunau examines Latina labor organizing during the pandemic
Assistant Professor Lola Loustaunau has published a new article in Labor Studies Journal titled “At the Intersection of Productive and Reproductive Labor: Latina Apple Packers’ Pandemic Struggles.” The article contributes to scholarship in labor studies, …