November 15, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Register now empowHER Wisconsin was created to normalize the role of women in construction, support and retain women that are already in the industry, and recruit …
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Assistant Professor Lola Loustaunau releases new collaborative report studying overwork
In collaboration with the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Assistant Professor Lola Loustaunau released a new report Overwork Impacts on Low-Wage Workers: Insights from the Food Manufacturing Sector …
Labor Forward 10/18 with Andrew Hutchinson, LiUNA Local 955
October 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Register now Recently members of LiUNA Local 955 successfully voted to ratify their new contract with the city of Columbia, Missouri. The contract holds the potential to …
Registration extended to Oct 5: Financial Officer Training
Designed specifically for union financial officers including new treasurers, financial secretaries, trustees, and other union officers, the program covers regulations from the U.S. Department of Labor as well as record-keeping best practices to help you comply with the requirements of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.
Office move delayed
School for Workers faculty and staff will remain in our current location in the Lowell Center (610 Langdon St. Rm 220, Madison, WI 53703). The department move previously announced has been delayed with no new …
FY24 Labor Advisory Committee chairperson announced
We are pleased to announce Pam Fendt will be the new Labor Advisory Committee Chairperson for fiscal year 2024. Pam has worked for the Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee of Laborers’ International Union of North …
Thank you to outgoing Labor Advisory Committee members
The Labor Advisory Committee provides a critical link between educators, labor organizations, and students to achieve program quality and relevance. Our members represent a cross-section of labor organizations, workers, community partners, and worker rights activists. We …
FY24 department chair announcement
For the new fiscal year (July 1 – June 30), the School for Workers department has elected Professor Don Taylor and Associate Professor Alexia Kulwiec to serve as co-chairs. Together, the co-chairs will oversee departmental …
Registration is now open for fall 2023 institutes
Registration is now open for fall 2023 institutes. Learn more here!
School for Workers releases new Dairy Workers Study
Wisconsin dairy workers face unique hardships caused by this industry’s year-round work demands, danger in its occupations, placement of farms in mostly rural and isolated regions, and its dependence on a racialized, predominantly Latin American immigrant and mostly unauthorized workforce.
School for Workers partnered with Legal Action of Wisconsin Farmworker Project to identify this population’s key priorities, strengths, and needs and to provide recommendations on how the Farmworker Project could better support dairy farmworker communities.