Labor Day 2022 was one for the history books in Wisconsin! Working people celebrated across the state with picnics, parades, car shows, and celebrations in Milwaukee, Madison, La Crosse, Eau Claire, Kenosha, Green Bay, Neenah, Oshkosh, Wausau and Superior/Duluth.
After marching through the streets of Milwaukee, union members gathered at the Summerfest grounds to hear from President Joe Biden, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Governor Tony Evers addressed the crowd.
Pam Fendt, President of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council kicked off the event introducing AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. Milwaukee Laborfest and the Presidential event ran smoothly with great success thanks to all the efforts of Milwaukee Labor Council President Fendt and her team.
Laborers Local 113 member Eduardo Marquez introduced President Biden and explained how being a union member has helped his family. Marquez praised Biden for spearheading the bipartisan infrastructure law which will “create so many jobs for laborers and other workers to repair our bridges, water systems and many other things.”
“It’s an honor to have President Joe Biden, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler join Wisconsin union men and women on Labor Day,” said Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale. “We proudly welcome President Biden to Wisconsin to honor workers and celebrate all the labor movement has done to improve lives and workplaces. We look forward to continuing to work with the Biden Administration to uplift working families and build our American middle class with strong unions.”
While in office President Biden has passed historic advancements that will create jobs, raise wages, and help Wisconsin workers get ahead such as the bipartisan Infrastructure and Investment Act, the American Rescue Plan, the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS Act to boost our manufacturing supply chains, putting a union member in charge of the Department of Labor for the first time in our nation’s history, strengthening the National Labor Relations Board to support workers and so much more.
To loud cheers, President Biden pledged to continue to fight for labor unions across the country, saying “the middle class built America. Everyone knows that and unions built the middle class.”
On Labor Day and every day, we honor the achievements of working people and we pledge to continue to work with the White House, Governor Evers, and all elected officials to advance the rights and freedoms of all working people in Wisconsin and America.
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Posted by: Ed Heinzelman | 09/13/2022 at 02:35 PM