Are We Wisconsin? Labor Organizing in the Obama Era

Event Details

When
10/26/2011
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 South Halsted St
Chicago, IL, 60607
United States
See map: Google Maps
County: 
Cook
Fee: 
Free, open to the public.
Where
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 South Halsted St
Chicago, IL, 60607
See map: Google Maps
County: 
Cook
Fee: 
Free, open to the public.

As the deepening recession has led to high unemployment and coordinated attacks on organized labor, we need new strategies to end inequality and win widespread improvements in wages and working conditions.

Join local organizers to discuss innovative approaches in the fight for workers rights in today's challenging economic and political climate.

Introduction:
Erica Sagrans - Editor, We Are Wisconsin

Panel:
Leah Raffanti, Chicago ACTS
Elvis Mendez, Warehouse Workers for Justice
Antwon Bailey, OUR Walmart (Invited)

This program is part of Reading Change, an ongoing reading and events series celebrating the 30th anniversary of Crossroads Fund. For more information about Reading Change see http://crossroadsfund.org/node/100. Copies of We are Wisconsin are available for purchase at Women & Children First Bookstore, and as a free PDF download on the We are Wisconsin website.

Sponsored by Crossroads Fund, Chicago Jobs with Justice, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, and The Public Square.

Free and open to the public. For more information, call 312.422.5580.

If you need a sign interpreter or require other arrangements to fully participate, please call 312.422.5580. For parking locations near the facility, please visit ChicagoParkingMap.com.

* Location is wheelchair accessible. For other accessibility needs or questions, please contact Rachel Wallis (Rachel@crossroadsfund.org).  

The Public Square