Rebuilding the Labor Movement – Thursday, January 24 [Denver]

[Ryan Jones]

Rebuilding the Labor Movement:From Wisconsin to WalmartThursday, January 24 at 7 PM Room 442, Tivoli Student Union, Auraria Campus ( map | parking )Featuring:• Michael Billeaux, participant in the Wisconsin capital occupation, UW-Madison Teaching Assistants’ Association* member (via Skype)• Marilena Marchetti, Chicago Teachers Union* member and activist (via Skype)• Brian Winkler, UFCW Local 7* and Making Change at Walmart* organizer• Doug Singsen, former member of the Occupy Wall Street Labor Outreach Committee** For identification purposes onlyThe past two years have seen a rebirth of militant struggle within the labor movement, from the occupation of the Wisconsin capital to the birth of the pro-labor Occupy movement to the victorious Chicago Teachers Union strike to the recent walkouts by Walmart employees nationally and fast-food workers in New York City.  This panel will bring together organizers from some of the most vibrant and powerful labor struggles of this period for a discussion of what it will take to rebuild the labor movement.Sponsored by the International Socialist OrganizationISOdenver@gmail.com | socialistworker.org

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