Labor’s continual challenges against union-busting will be discussed at the 41st Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Labor History Society to be held Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 at the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St., Madison.
Entitled, “Fighting the Union-Busters: A historical look at anti-unionism and labor’s response for the future,” the conference will open with a speech from Lane Windham, Associate Director, Kalmanovitz Institute for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. She is the author of “Knocking on Labor’s Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide” (UNC Press, 2017), and has 20 years of experience as a union organizer.
A late morning discussion, “The Rise of Anti-unionism and Labor’s Response,” will include a presentation on the historical roots of anti-unionism by Joanne Ricca, Legislative Representative, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO (Retired), and a discussion of the Wisconsin Uprising of 2011 with Kevin Gundlach, president of the South Central Federation of Labor, and Adrienne Pagac, Managing Director, Havens Wright Center for Social Justice - University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Co-president, UW-Madison TAA (2011-12).
After awards presentations and lunch, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisconsin) will discuss “The PRO Act and Other Strategies.” An afternoon panel discussion on “Winning the Fight Against Union-Busters,” will include the stories of recent organizing efforts, their successes and challenges by nurses, coffee shop workers and others.
The conference program will begin at 9 a.m. and close by 3 p.m. Conference fees are $40.00 person with a special rate of $10 for unemployed persons and students. Lunch, refreshments and materials are included.
Online registration is available at https://wlhs2022.eventbrite.com/. To register by mail, click here. For further information, contact WLHS Conference Committee Chair Jaclyn J. Kelly at jaclynjkelly@gmail.com.
