The Politics of Wisconsin Labor Struggle Event [1]
Submitted by Page Metcalf [2] on
Saturday, February 26 ยท 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: First United Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Ave.
The Labor & Working Class Studies Project Presents a Public Teach-in on...
"THE POLITICS OF THE WISCONSIN LABOR STRUGGLE"
With:
* Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director, Voces de la Frontera
* Will Jones, Associate Professor, UW-Madison Department of History
* David Newby, Past President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO
* Don Taylor, Assistant Professor, School for Workers
The event will feature a discussion of the political motivations behind the attack on public sector workers, its potential political consequences, how it might be defeated, and the possibilities of building a progressive alliance that includes a reenergized labor movement and the broader community.
The Labor & Working Class Studies Project is a collaborative campus-labor-community initiative to connect the campus and the community in dialogue and action on issues related to labor and working class people. For more information, contact Patrick Barrett at barrettpatricks@gmail.com