Workers Memorial Day

media release: On April 28 at 11 am on the Madison Labor Temple Grounds, we will be honoring our fallen Sisters and Brothers, while 'Fighting Like Hell for the Living’. (We will move inside in case of inclement weather.)

Speakers

·         Intro by Kevin Gundlach, President, South Central Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

·         Invocation, Jamie Almquist, pastor at Glenwood Moravian Church

·         Satya Rhodes Conway, Mayor of Madison

·         SEIU Union Nurse

·         Chad Greenwood, Area Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

·         OPEIU Union member

·         Lisa Subeck, Wisconsin State Representative

·         Worker Justice Wisconsin representative

·         Mahlon Mitchell, President of the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local 311 and Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin

·         Sarah Godlewski, Wisconsin Secretary of State

·         Statements from U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Governor Tony Evers, Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez, and U.S. Representative Mark Pocan

Workers will read the names of those who never made it home with a Moment of Silence to follow.

Ted Higgins of IAFF Local 311 Pipes & Drums to play Amazing Grace.