Today is celebrated as ‘St. Patrick’s Day’ and one of the great traditions to mark the event is the green dying of the Chicago River. This is performed by the Plumbers Union, who use an …
American History
This Week’s Women in History Profile: Jane Addams
Jane Addams (1860–1935) considered to be the “mother” of American social work, a founder of the NAACP, a champion of women’s suffrage, an antiwar crusader and winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. Addams carved out …
Say it Now
There is currently a vigorous debate underway regarding the future of shared governance. It puts us in mind of the time when there was no shared governance on campus and students (among others) had to …
Protest ends with tragedy…
In the depths of the Great Depression, Ford Motor Company laid off 75% of it’s work force with no relief of any kind. This was in an era before Unemployment Insurance or Social Security, the …
The Revolution began with labor…
On this day in 1770, British soldiers, suppressing working people, shot and killed Crispus Attucks, a Black man, then killed others. Rope-maker Samuel Gray called out “Damn you! Don’t Fire!” just before being shot, at …
A Woman’s Place is in the Cabinet
In recognition of March as ‘Women’s History Month’, we recall that it was on this day, 4 March, in 1933, that President Franklin D. Roosevelt named a woman, Frances Perkins, to be secretary of labor. …
Honoring Alumni Vel Phillips
We bring you another installment profiling an African-American with a Wisconsin history that made their mark. The first African-American female to earn a Law degree from UW-Madison was Vel Phillips. Ms. Phillips would go on …
UW-Madison Alumni, Hilton Hanna
February is Black History Month so we are going to use this blog to learn a bit more about those who made history in their own way…..people like Hilton Hanna. Mr. Hanna came to Madison …
In Memory of Malcolm X
21 February will mark the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. In recognition of February being Black History Month, Below we reprint the eulogy delivered by actor and activist Ossie Davis…. Here – at this …
President’s Day
President’s Day seems like a fitting day to ‘inaugurate’ our new Classified Staff Blog. In this space over the coming days you will find important announcements, profiles of the employees who are critical to making …