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Honoring Dr. Irving Brotslaw, emeritus faculty
Dr. Irving Brotslaw – tireless activist, devoted teacher, and inveterate story-teller – passed peacefully on October 3rd at age 95. Irving Brotslaw was a devoted labor educator who anchored the School for Workers in Milwaukee …
October 7, 2024Registration deadline extended – Worker’s Comp institutes
Registration for Intro to Worker’s Comp and Advanced Worker’s Comp is extended through October 4, 2024. Intro to Worker’s Comp Residential institute @ University of Wisconsin-Madison Fluno Center | October 22, 2024 @ 8:30 am …
September 18, 2024We’ve moved!
The School for Workers department has moved! Our new address is: School for Workers Room 1140 WARF 610 Walnut St Madison, WI 53726
August 29, 2024School for Workers co-hosts Oct 10th visiting scholars program
Practical Radicals: How Oppressed People Change the World Online, Zoom October 10, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Register here The Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) lecture series brings distinguished critical scholars and activists from around …
August 21, 2024- More School for Workers news
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UW Professor says Automation a Big Part of Longshoremen’s Strike
A UW Madison professor says the threat of job losses due to automation is a big part of the East Coast longshoremen’s strike. Michael Childers says the two sides aren’t really far apart. “I think …
October 3, 2024
Port worker strike expected to impact Wisconsin
Wisconsin grocery shoppers should not see an immediate impact from the longshoremen’s strike, but experts say it’s only a matter of time. Michael Childers teaches labor relations at the UW-Madison School of Business. In an …
October 2, 2024- More articles and interviews
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