While we at the UW-Madison School for Workers can’t wait to hold in-person classes again, our move to online programming has made labor education more accessible to a wider variety of union members. With no …
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TODAY! Virtual Mini-Session: Past Practice Grievances
School for Workers faculty will stream live on Facebook every Wednesday at noon central time. Every week will focus on a different topic. Past Practice Grievances | Wed, June 24 @ Noon on School for Worker’s …
TODAY! Virtual Mini-Session: Unfair Labor Practices & Bargaining Strategy
School for Workers faculty will stream live on Facebook every Wednesday at noon central time. Every week will focus on a different topic. Unfair Labor Practices & Bargaining Strategy | Wed, May 27 @ Noon …
TODAY! Virtual Mini-Session: Finding and Developing Workplace Leaders
School for Workers faculty will stream live on Facebook every Wednesday at noon central time. Every week will focus on a different topic. Finding and Developing Workplace Leaders | Wed, May 13 @ Noon on School …
New Video | COVID-19 and Workplace Safety
Professor Don Taylor developed a video resource for workers, introducing measures to be taken at the workplace to mitigate risks during COVID-19. View the video COVID-19 and Workplace Safety below:
Today! Virtual Mini-Session: Unions & Covid-19
School for Workers faculty will stream live on Facebook every Wednesday at noon central time. Every week will focus on a different topic. Unions & COVID-19 | Wed, Apr 15 @ Noon on School for …
Union Education Never Stops
By: Don Taylor, University of Wisconsin School for Workers You have probably heard the expression “knowledge is power.” So, it makes sense to assume that more knowledge means more power. The more we know, the …
What is Internal Organizing?
Do you find yourself wishing that more members were involved in the work of the union? If you could get more members involved – talking to their co-workers and making plans to deal with workplace …
State of the Unions 2018 report released
School for Workers, in partnership with Midwest Economic Policy Institute, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, and University of Illinois released the annual State of the Unions 2018, A Profile of Unionization in Wisconsin and in the United States …
Union “onboarding” for new hires
By Professor Don Taylor, School for Workers September 17, 2018 Does your union have an official union orientation for new employees? What does it look like? When we use the term “orientation,” we picture a …