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Inaugural Wisconsin Conference on Latino Arts and Culture highlights a range of electric artists, performers, speakers and scholars

Posted on May 9, 2025

The keynote lunch address on May 3 was “Voces Unbound: Immigration, protests, and the Power of Community Art” with UW-Madison professor Dr. Armando Ibarra…On May 2, a large protest for immigrant and worker rights occurred …

Posted in School for Workers in the newsTagged Armando Ibarra, In the news

Those touched by asbestos share a cautionary tale about worker safety — and their fears of backsliding

Posted on May 1, 2025

Worker advocates said they fear the past is prologue as they discussed the history of corporate malfeasance in hiding the dangers of asbestos at a Bloomington plant. Ericka Wills is a labor activist and professor …

Posted in School for Workers in the newsTagged Ericka Wills, In the news

May Day with Armando Ibarra

Posted on May 1, 2025

WORT 89.9 FM Madison host Allen Ruff is joined in the studio by Armando Ibarra to celebrate International Workers Day or May Day, a day that has long been one of working class mobilization. Initiated …

Posted in School for Workers in the newsTagged Armando Ibarra, In the news

VOCES Panel Discusses Campus Response to ICE, Visa Revocations

Posted on April 10, 2025

The University of Wisconsin student organization VOCES, Voices of Courage, held a “Know Your Rights” panel for professors and students Tuesday. The panel focused on how to navigate potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement situations on …

Posted in School for Workers in the newsTagged Armando Ibarra, In the news

While Trump deports immigrants, this Wisconsin farm can’t run without them

Posted on April 3, 2025

Despite rhetoric that undocumented immigrants hinder the U.S. economy, they are vital to Wisconsin’s dairy industry, farmers and experts said. While President Donald Trump has ramped up anti-immigrant rhetoric in his second term, undocumented immigrants play a …

Posted in School for Workers in the newsTagged Alexia Kulwiec, Armando Ibarra, In the news

Undocumented workers by the numbers: The contributions and economic impact of their presence in Wisconsin

Posted on April 1, 2025

As of 2022, approximately 287,900 immigrants call Wisconsin home, accounting for 4.9% of the state’s population. Of those, an estimated 73,900 are undocumented. They lack legal status but contribute millions of dollars to the economy …

Posted in School for Workers in the newsTagged Alexia Kulwiec, Armando Ibarra, In the news

LOUD to host Wisconsin Conference of Latino Arts and Culture

Posted on March 17, 2025

Latinos Organizing for Understanding and Development (LOUD), a statewide initiative focused on promoting collaboration between Latino arts and service organizations, artists, and the communities in which they operate, will host the Wisconsin Conference of Latino …

Posted in School for Workers in the newsTagged Armando Ibarra, In the news

60th Anniversary of Enactment of the Selma to Montgomery March to end with rally

Posted on March 13, 2025

MONTGOMERY, AL–The 60th Anniversary reenactment of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March concludes Friday with a Rally for Voting Rights on the steps of the Alabama Capitol at 11:00 a.m., featuring national leaders speaking where …

Posted in School for Workers in the newsTagged Ericka Wills, In the news

Labor Leaders Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Selma to Montgomery March

Posted on March 11, 2025

Montgomery, AL – Labor leaders, civil rights activists, and faith communities will gather on Friday, March 14, to mark the 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery march and “Bloody Sunday.” The event will take …

Posted in School for Workers in the newsTagged Ericka Wills, In the news

‘No grad student makes a living wage in Madison’: Inside UW graduate worker union’s fight for better pay

Posted on March 5, 2025

Though TAA is not a certified union under Wisconsin’s Act 10 — which prohibits collective bargaining for Universities of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff — the union has been fairly successful since it was founded over …

Posted in School for Workers in the newsTagged In the news, Michael Childers
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