The Economics of the WI Labor Struggle

by Page Metcalf — March 8, 2011 - 12:45pm
  • Topics: Wisconsin Protests
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    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.