Online event hosted by COWS and the Havens Wright Center to feature workers at the forefront of recent unionization efforts in Wisconsin.

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ONLINE EVENT: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 @ 2:30 p.m. CT
CONTACT: Laura Dresser, COWS Associate Director
[email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) , 608-695-9065
Photo collage of workers featured in State of Working Wisconsin 2022 report.
Register Today: Virtual Wisconsin Labor Organizing Panel Tomorrow @ 2:30 PM
Join COWS ([link removed]) and the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice ([link removed]) for Working Wisconsin 2022: What’s Motivating Worker Organizing in Wisconsin ([link removed]) , an online panel event featuring organizers from several recent Wisconsin unionizing drives in celebration of Labor Day and the release of our 2022 State of Working Wisconsin ([link removed]) report.

This virtual event, held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Sept. 7, will provide an opportunity to hear directly from workers as they share their views on what changes in the workforce have contributed to the success of recent unionization efforts, the problems their newly formed unions will solve, and how co-workers and management are responding to their campaigns. The panel will include Wisconsin workers from important drives to improve jobs in the state in health care, entertainment venues, hotels, and more.

Free and open to the public, Working Wisconsin 2022: What’s Motivating Worker Organizing in Wisconsin can be viewed by registering online ([link removed]) .

WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 at 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Virtual – Register via Eventbrite ([link removed])
WHO:
* Troy Brewer, Cook and Chief Steward & Treasurer of Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Organization ([link removed]) (MASH)
* Connor Erickson, Event Lead at Pabst Theater Group (PTG) and active member of MASH
* Victoria Gutierrez, Nurse and active member of SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin ([link removed])
* Mary Jorgensen, Nurse and active unionization effort organizer
* James Stapleton, Event Staff at PTG and active member of MASH
* Representatives from Worker Justice Wisconsin ([link removed]) , on organizing efforts in a Madison-area hotel and print shop

Released each year in time for Labor Day, the State of Working Wisconsin ([link removed]) offers the most recent data available on wages, jobs, disparities, and unions to build a stronger understanding of what is going on in the state’s labor market. This year’s report celebrates promising trends and worker achievements over the past year, while continuing to shine a light on the deep underlying challenges and inequalities facing Wisconsin workers.

To learn more about the State of Working Wisconsin 2022, see our recent press release ([link removed]) and view the full report at workingwi.org ([link removed]) .

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