Campus Reform | UW-Madison department to faculty: participate in annual ‘anti-racist’ experience, or lose your pay raise

Some faculty and staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be required to participate in annual “anti-racist practices” or will forfeit “pay plan and merit increases.

The move, announced Aug. 23 on the school s website, applies to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Staff in this department will be required to participate annually in at least one experience that enhances their understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism.  

Staff will be required to document these experiences in their annual activity reports and self-evaluations and is required in order to be considered for departmental awards and salary increases. 

Mandatory compliance with the policy will begin in the fiscal year 2023.

via campusreform.org

Depending of what this training actually consists of, this could be grounds for a lawsuit. Or perhaps several!