The Labor & Working Class Studies Project

Presents a Teach-in on:

THE ECONOMICS OF THE WISCONSIN LABOR STRUGGLE

WHEN: Friday, March 11, 7PM

WHERE: First United Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue

WITH:

• Jim Cavanaugh, South Central Federation of Labor
• Laura Dresser, Center on Wisconsin Strategy
• Patrick Hickey, Workers Rights Center
• Edo Navot, Graduate Student Researcher, COWS
• Michael Rosen, Milwaukee Area Technical College

TOPICS:

• Are public sector workers responsible for the state's fiscal crisis? Are they overcompensated?
• Who's got a vested economic interest in this fight? Who benefits? Who loses?
• What would an alternative budget that involves "shared sacrifice" look like?
• What is the relationship among unions, the economy, and inequality? How would a revitalized labor movement help all workers?

Free and open to the public.

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.