Workers' Views of Working in Wisconsin

With Wisconsin’s unemployment levels at very low levels and a worker shortage, we’ve heard a lot from politicians and advocacy groups about what the problem is (and, like much modern discourse, often the answers seem to be from differing realities). But what is on the mind of the workforce itself? The Havens Wright Center at UW-Madison kicks off its fall lecture series by collaborating on a webinar with COWS, featuring a panel of employees of the State Street Starbucks in Madison, and the Fiserv Forum and Pabst Theater Group in Milwaukee.

media release: UW Havens Wright Center online event. If you would like to attend, you must register in advance.

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This event is presented in collaboration with COWS.

In celebration of Labor Day and the release of the Working Wisconsin 2023, workers from the service sector will discuss their experiences of what it’s been like to labor in 2023, a year marked by record-low unemployment in the state and increasing evidence of workers’ demands for improvements in work. This panel is a chance to hear directly from workers actively engaged in workplace organizing and efforts to improve employment in the state. These worker leaders will reflect on what’s going on at their worksites, how they would like to see work change, and how their coworkers are responding to efforts to organize.

Speakers include (updated)

    Thomas Wynn – security guard, Fiserv Forum (steward, MASH)

    Kayli Humphry – event staff lead, Pabst Theater Group (chief steward, MASH)

    Troy Brewer – cook, Fiserv Forum (steward, MASH)

    Jack Savin – barista, Starbucks on State St (Organizing Committee, Workers United)

    Abigail Marcus – barista, Starbucks on State St (Organizing Committee, Workers United)

    Daniela Jaime – lead construction organizer, Worker Justice Wisconsin