University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Essential Workers

Armando Ibarra honored with Joe Rody Labor Rights Award

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At its recent annual Gala, the Milwaukee-based immigrant and labor rights organization Voces de la Frontera recognized former CLS Director Armando Ibarra with the Joe Rody Labor Rights Award.  The son farm workers and longtime educators, Prof. Ibarra is a founding member of the Voces de la Frontera’s Essential Worker Rights Network and a member …

CLS Faculty to Study Essential Immigrant Workers, Inequality, and COVID-19

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CLS faculty members Revel Sims (Planning & Landscape Architecture/CLS), Carolina Sarmiento (Civil Society & Community Studies), and Armando Ibarra (School for Workers/CLS) have received a grant from the University for a participatory action research project focused on the health and safety of essential immigrant workers.  In partnership with the Milwaukee-based community organization Voces de la …